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HISTORY 



OF THE 



TOWN OF SHREWSBURY, 

MASSACEUSETTS, 
. FROM ITS SETTLEMENT IN 1717 TO 1829, 

WITH OTHER MATTER RELATING THERETO NOT DEFORE PUBLrSHED,. 

INCLUDING AN EXTENSIVE 

FAMILY REGISTER. 



BY ANDREW H. WARD, 

Member of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society. 



'• He, who forgets not the place of his birth, and the trees whose fruit he plucked, 
and under whose shade he gamboled in the days of his youth, is not a stranger to 
the sweetest impressions of the human heart." 



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BOSTON: 

PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL G. DRAKE, 56 CORNHILL. 
J. HOWE, PRINTER, :«) MERCHANTS ROW. 

1817. 



CORRECTION OF ERRORS, 

^age 13, llth line from top, for Southard, read Southsosfi 
'■ H, 6th line from bottom, for in June, read is June. 
" 23, in the hist line, for Abial, read Abiel. 
" 57, I'ith line from bottom, for 1824, read 1821.' 
" 231, 5th line from bottom, for Deering, read Dewing. 
" 254, 6th line from bottom, for 1802, read 1824. 
" 302, 13th line from bottom, for David Fay, read Adam Fay. 
" 306, in the note, 6th line from top, for his childien saw, read his children's 

children saw. 
" 436, 8th line from top, for sister of the Rev. Job Gushing, read sister of the 

wife of the Rev. Job Cushing. 
" 463, inth line from bottom, for July 2, 1814, read July 22. 1314. 
" 468, 10th line from top, for Whcrilocr, read Wheelock. 
The reader is desired to make the above corrections with his pen on the pages 
aesig^nated. 
Alexander VV. Bellows is not the son of John Bellows, Jan., as stated on p. 245. 



The number of copies of this work ordered from the press was so limited, that 
before it was finished, it was thought the demand for them would exceed the supply. 
A few copies, consisting only of the Family Register, have therefore been stricken 
bff to supply those, who naturally would feel more interested in that portion of the 
Worki 



INTRODUCTION. 

This work is entitled a History of the Town, but is rather a 
History of its People, with some particulars relating to its set- 
tlement and progress, to 1S29, and other mattei-s from sundry re- 
cords, desirable to be known in connection with the families and 
individuals of whom some account will be found in the Family 
Register. 

Very little, if any thing contained in a sketch of the town, 
which I furnished and was published in the Worcester Magazine 
in 1826, will be found here; that sketch was hastily prepared, 
and was imperfect, if nothing more, inasmuch as it was destitute 
of genealogical information. 

To furnish a Family Register of the inhabitants of the town, 
from its settlement to a recent period, was the chief, if not the 
sole, cause of this undertaking; in preparing which it became de- 
sirable to learn the ancestry of the early settlers ; that I have been 
enabled to do (of many Aimilies, and to an early period in tlie 
settlement of the country, and more diffusely than will appear 
here) by means of copies of records of the towns embraced in 
Middlesex County ; some of these records extend back to IG30, 
and others, to remote periods as the settlements progressed. 
They are voluminous, and have been procurred at great expense ; 
in addition to them some were obtained of other towns, whereby 
the field for research was enlarged, and the labor of searching 
out ancestry not a little increased ; for that labor 1 have been com- 
pensated in obtaining to a considerable extent, the information 
desired, and in acquiring a knowledge of the fact, that much can 
be gathered from them to gratify those, who are seeking a knowl- 
edge of their ancestry, whether in the line through which they 
descended, or of the collateral branches of the respective genera- 
tions. Some information of the ancestry of the early settlers will 



4 INTRODUCTION. 

be found In notes under the respective family heads, and in which 
all will feel an interest, more particularly their descendants, and 
those, who have become connected with them. In tracing them 
before their settlement here, I have, for the most part, confined 
my account of them to their line direct to the remotest ancestor 
in this country of whom I could obtain a knowledge in the little 
time devoted to it, without speaking of the collateral branches of 
the ■different generations to the extent I could have done, as the 
object of this work did not require it, and its limits would not ad- 
rait of so wide a range. 

In pursuing the inquiry, my information has been extended, 
and my curiosity gratified. 

By the records of olden time, I have been introduced not only 
to the ancient dead, whose works live in hijitory, a^id whose deeds 
are related in story, but made acquainted wiih numerous family 
lines of subsequent generations and their wide spread connections. 

In this compiiattoii I introduce them to the reader, with an ac- 
count of some of their descendants, their families, &.C., and of 
others, whose remote ancestry I could not, or had not time to 
trace. What reflections have not arisen in my mind, while pre- 
paring it ! What will not be produced in his, who reads it ! The 
aged will meditate upon it, and recall to mind many things they 
had forgotten, if they over knew them ; while the young, with 
more buoyant feelings, perusing it for information, will find it an 
instructive compendium of genealogy, and some of the historical 
matter entertaining, when drawn around the evening fireside, 
where more frequently occur an interchange of thoughts and a 
participation in feelings, that give a zest to amusement. 

Such is the subject matter of it, and drawn from records to 
minuteness of detail, that as time passes the interest taken in it 
will increase and extend to distant parts, where relatives and de- 
scendants, having left the place of their birth, have taken up their 
abode with litde knowledge of their ancestry, and destitute of the 
means of acquiring it ; to such particularly, and their children, 
and their children's children, the Family Register will be a valu- 
able source of information, while all will find in it some things 
they never knew before. 



INTRODUCTION. 5 

Who has not a desire to know something of the ]}coplc of a 
town, as well as of its location, its ponds, hills and natural advan- 
tages? Who they were, and who their ancestors, ihtit were here 
before us, and have long since dcpai-ted ? Who they were, that 
laid the foundations, religious, political and social, on which we 
are raising superstructures ? Who they were, that coninrrenced, 
under great privations and dangers, what we are now enjoying in 
abundance and without molestation ? Is there not a spirit in man 
that yearns, as the babe for the mother's breast, to know who, and 
what his family, that lived of okl on the place he himself now oc- 
cupies ? who subdued the forests, ploughed the fields and sowed 
where he himself now reaps? whence he came, with whom he 
was connected in the tenderest ties of family relation, when he died, 
and whom he left to uphold his name ? perhaps his ancestor'! 

There is such a spirit in man, and we rejoice in the belief, that 
it is wakiBg out of sleep and seeking a knowledge of them that 
liave passed away. Under the influence of feelings, that natur- 
ally give rise to such inquiries, 1 copied from the records of the 
tovv^n before \ removed, but merely for my own curiosity, without 
expecting or intending to make the use of them 1 now have, ati 
tlie marriages, births and deaths, from its settlement to 1829, that 
could be found thereon, including some other matter, and a list of 
the town officers as exhibited herein, from 1727 to 1 829, both 
years inclusive. Since which time, and recently, to aid in mak- 
ing the Register more full and complete, I have copied the records 
of the church from its organization in 1723 to 1S24, which con- 
tain the admissions to, and dismissions from it, and the baptisms in 
it during that period, with other ecclesiastical matter on record. 
There I found the names a«d a record of the baptisms of many 
chiklren, whose births had not been put on the town record ; hence 
I have been able to preserve the names and give an account of 
some children, that otherwise must have been omitted in the Reg- 
ister, and of whom, in little time, all knowledge would be lost, 
and consequently their origin unknown. They will be found under 
the parental head, with the time of baptism, which in early times 
was the next Sabbath after birth — and in several instances, as ap- 
pears of record, both happened on the same day. More children 



g INTRODUCTION, 

were baptized formerly than of late years, and earlier in life. 
Herein will be found an account of all the families that have lived 
in town previous to 1S29, so far as a knowledge of them can be 
had by a record of a birth or death in any one of them, including 
those whose children were baj)liz,('(l, but had not their births re- 
corded. While omitling voiic, 1 have gone into a detail with a//, 
so (ar as records would enable me to ilo ; nothing short of a detail 
o( particulars will or ous^ht to satisfy the I'eader In tracing his an- 
cestry and fnnily connection. Where dales are given, they are 
taken lioni the records, but the records themselves are not always 
correct. Errors nmst be cx|)ectcd in a work like this ; some have 
been discovered and noied in an errata ; others no doubt will be 
found, some of them arising on my part, and some from erroneous 
information. The belief that such would be the case, and that 
errors innumerable would c;rccp in, came near discouraging mc, 
and more than once, when this work was half completed, I thought 
to abandon it allogclher; but considering that, if every one should 
fold up his arms and attempt nothing, because he might make mis- 
takes, not any thing would be done, and that he who labors for good, 
and aims to be coirect, will, even If he fails in it, have t!ie credit 
of trying, I persevered, and the result Is before the public. 

Two years have elapsed since it was commenced ; other avo- 
cations have occupied most of my time by day, and prevented its 
earlier appearance ; it has been prepared at intervals, and much 
of it when others were asleep. Of the Family Register, it is not 
known, that one on this plan, so full and minute, in family detail, 
has before be(;n attempted. In some instances it is brought down 
later than to ISJI) of those who were there before that lime ; of 
those who have moved into town since that period, 1 know so lit- 
tle, I could say nothing that would be satisfactory to them or my- 
self In most of what I have read of genealogy I have found 
the females to have been neglected ; they have not received that 
attention to which they were and are entitled, they have often 
been not so much as named ; it will not be found so here. What 
are the lords of creation without the beauty of it ! 

hci( JSewioii, >s<i>t. isn. 



PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, kc 



We have been told, that lliis town was settled by people 
mostly from Marlboro' — that the tract of land, vvliich afterwards 
comprised the township, was granted by the General ('ourt to 
sundry persons, who had petitioned th(j Comt therefor. To 
most of those now on the staf^c but litde more is known of the 
incipient steps towards its settlement, than the above brief and 
traditionary account. 

From a desire to know more particularly how that was, and 
to learn who were the petitioners, their names, &,c., and to learn 
their reasons and motives, as expressed in their own language for 
requesting the grant, I examined the records in tlie Secretary's 
ofTice, hoping to find tlie original petition or a copy of it, but 
could find neidicr of them — It was probably destroyed in 17G0> 
when the State House with numerous files of valuable papers 
were burnt, whereby much interesting information relating to the 
early settlements in Massachusetts has been lost. 

Nothing more appears on the records there, than the proceed- 
ings of the General Court upon their petition — there is some 
evidence to show the petition bore date of 171 G. Upon the re- 
ception and hearing of the petition, the Court ordered a viewing 
Committee — their report (noted on the margin of the record, 
"Report on the petition of Marlboro' men,") was as follows 4 

*' Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly at their session 
in May last, we, the subscribers, have been upon the land 
petitioned to be a tovvnshij) by John lirigham and thirty others; 
have viewed the situation and the quality of the same, and 
informed ourselves of the circumstances of the petitioners, that 



S PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &c. 

desire the grant of the land for a township, and are of opinion, 
that they, and such as join with them, are a competent number, 
and such as are hkely by themselves or their Dependants to make 
a good and speedy settlement thereon. And that, if this Hon- 
ourable Court allow to the Westerly part of Marlboro' a line fo 
be continued from the Westerly line of Lt. Rice's farm, until it 
meets with Fay's farm, and then to bound by said Fay's farm 
according to the line thereof, until it meet with Sutton line on 
the Southward and from the North West corner of said Rice's land 
to run upon a strait line to a heap of stones, called Warner's 
corner, which is the most Easterly corner of Haynes' farm by 
the Country Road, and from thence by a line running North 20 
degrees East by the needle, till it meet with Lancaster line on 
the North, it will not so disadvantage the land petitioned for a 
township, but that it may be very accommodable and entertain a 
suitable number of persons to make a good town. 

Samuel Thaxter, 
John Chandler, 
Jonathan Remington. 

Marlboro', June 19, 1717." 

It also appears from the Records of the Court appointing the 
viewing Conmiittec on the petition of John Brigham and thirty 
others, that the petitioners prayed for a grant of the land to be 
given or sold to them lying between IMarlboro' and Worcester, 
Lancaster, Sutton and Hassanamisco, now Grafton. Westboro' 
and Northboro' were then a part of Marlboro' ; and in 1717 the 
inhabitants living in the Westerly part of Marlboro' petitioned to 
be set off from Marlboro' and mads a township by themselves, 
this petition and that of John Brigham and others were both 
pending at the same time, after both were re))orted upon by 
viewing Committees, the Westerly part of Marlboro' was set off 
and incorporated as a town, by the name of Westboro' and ex- 
tending farther West than the original Westerly line of Marlboro', 
included a strip of that tract prayed for by John Brigham and 
others. In both cases before the grants were made, surveys and 
plans of each township were ordered to be made and returned for the 



IN SHREWSBURY. 9 

better understanding of the Court ; the persons composing the 
viewing Committee were, if I mistake not, the same in both cases. 
Tlie foregoing report having been made to the Court, it was 
.It their session on the 31st of October and 2d November. 1717, 
" Ordered, that the tract of land protracted and described, with 
lh§ farms heretofore granted to particular persons contained in 
the plot be made a township, excepting so much thereof, as the 
report of Samuel Thaxter, John Chandler and Jonathan Reming- 
ton, Esqrs., dated 19di of June 1717, doth propose to be taken 
off and added to the Westerly part of Marlboro'; and that 
Jonathan Remington, Samuel Thaxter and Francis FuUam, Esqrs. 
be a committee fully empowered to grant and lay out the whole 
of said lands (except what has been heretofore granted) to such 
persons as they in their wisdom shall think most likely to advance 
the settlement of the place; they paying the said Committee for 
the use of the Province, not exceeding twelve pence per acre 
for said lands, and the charge of the Committee for laying out 
the same, which is to be done in as convenient and defensible a 
manner as the circumstances of the plan will admit of. provided 
they have there at least forty families settled there with an 
Orthodox minister within the space of three years, and that a 
lot and other accommodations, as large and convenient as may 
be to the place will admit of in the judgment of said Committee, 
be laid out to the first settled minister, also a lot for the ministry, 
and another for the use of tlie school. Sent up for concurrence. 
Read and concurred. Consented to, 

Samuel Snrxi:." 

Proceedings of the Laying Out Committee. 

We the Subscribers, whose names are under written, a Com- 
mittee appointed and fully empowered by the Great and General 
Court or Assembly of his iMajesties Province of Massachusetts 
Bay, in New England, held at Boston, Oct. 23, 1717, to grant 
and lay out the whole of the lands described in a plot exhibited 
and prayed for by John Brigham and thirty others, agreeable to 
the order of said Court, passed thereon upon the report of 



10 PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &c. 

Samuel Thaxter, John Chandler and Jonathan Remington, Esqrs. 
Oct. 31 and Nov. 2d, 1717, lying Eastward of and contiguous 
to the town of Worcester, made a township by said Court. 
Pursuant to the power and directions to us given in and by the 
order of the General Court, having due regard to the savings 
and exceptions therein njade. 

Have granted to the several petitioners and farmers, whose 
names are underwritten, and on the other side, and to their heirs 
forever, the several House Lots in said lands, in number and 
quantity, as set down against each Grantees' name, respectively, 
upon and with the following conditions and provisos, and not. 
otherwise. 

1. That each and every person, to whom a Lot is, or shall 
be granted, shall by himself or other meet person, such as the 
Committee shall accept and approve of, effectually settle such 
Lot to the acceptance and satisfaction of the Committee, as to 
manner and time, and so as to conform to the order of said 
General Court, dated as above said ; and 

2. Shall also pay to the Committee for the use of this 
Province the sum of £3,12,0, each person in current money or 
Bills of Public Credit, at or before the first day of June, Anno 
1735, and do also satisfy the Committee for their time, &:c. 

3. That each and every petitioner named and distinguished 
as farmers, as set down on the other side of this leaf, to whom a 
House Lot is granted, shall (over and above the fulfilling all the 
conditions above mentioned,) effectually, and to the satisfiction 
of the Committee, within the space of six years from the dale 
of the above said order of Court, settle at least one family upon 
each of their farms respectively, lying within said town, distinct 
from the settlement on the new Lot granted them, or else shall 
forfeit to the Country the Lots granted them. 

Lot No. 3, to Joseph Buckminster, Esq., sixty-three acres, 63 

No. 2, to Lt. John Houghton, seventy acres, .. a . - . 70 
No. 25, to George Brown, for his son Josiah Brown, 

seventy acres, 70 

No, 42, to John Keycs, Sen., sixty-six acres, , . 66 



IN SHREWSBURY. 1 1 

No. 23, to Jotham Brigham, admitted in the room of 

Asa Bowker, ''^O 

No. 28, to John Wheeler, sixty acres, 60 

No. 31, to James Keyes, seventy acres, '^'0 

No. 16, to John Keyes, Jr. fifty-three acres, 53 

No. 45, to Thomas Keyes, seventy acres, 70 

No. 43, to Eleazer Taylor, sixty-nine acres, C9 

No. 24, to Thomas Hall, seventy acres, 70 

No. 33, to Jacob Hinds ^ sixty acres, 60 

No. 26, to Samuel Crosby admitted in the room of Jer. 

Holman, 73 

No. 29, to John Gates, seventy acres, 70 

No. 6, to John Upham, seventy-two acres, 72 

No. 11, to Daniel Rand, sixty -two acres, , . . . 62 

No. 37, to Richard Temple, seventy acres, 70 

No. 18, to John Shattuck, fifty-eight acres, 53 

No. 4, to Joseph Baker, sixty-seven acres, 67 

No. 39, to John Wheeler, sixty acres. 60 

No. 36, to Samuel Brigham, admitted in the room of 

Gershom Wheelock, , 70 

No. 10, to John Sherman, seventy-two acres and three 

quarters, 72^ 

No. 44, to William Johnson, sixty -seven acres, 67 

No. 27, to Thomas Gleazon, admitted in room of 

Ephraim Curtice, « , , 70 

No. 21, to Peter Smith, sixty-nine acres and an half, GOi 

No. 38, to Abiah Bush, sixty-one acres, 61 

No. 7, to William V^rd . admitted in room of Benj. 

Bellows, _ o . 69 

The farmers to whom House Lots are granted by the Com- 
mittee upon the conditions written on the other side. 

Lot No. 14, to John Brigham, seventy acres, 70 

No. 1, to Peter Hains, sixty-eight acres, 68 

No. 40, to Capt Joshua Hains, sixty-six acres, 66 

No. 34, to Lt. David Haines, seventy acres, 70 

No. 17, to Moses Newton, fifty-one acres and an half, 5l|- 
No. 13, to John Crosby, admitted in room of Daniel 

How, , , 62 



12 PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &c. 

Lot No. 5, to Jonathan Witt, sixty-one acres, CI 

I\o. 15, to Thomas Ha])goo(], sixty-two and an halfacres, G2J 
No. 32, to James Gleazon, in room of William Taylor, 70 
No. 41, to Caleb Rice, in room of Samuel VVheelock, 

Sen., sixty acres, 60 

No. 19, to Elias Keyes, sixty-five acres, 65 

No. 12, to Jonathan Loring, sixty-seven acres, G7 

No. S, to Nahum Ward, fifty-eigiit acres, 63 

No. 9, to Capt. Edward Goddard, sixty-nine acres, . 69 
No. 35, to Gershom Keyes, admitted in room of Capt. 

Brown, 52 

And the true intent and meaning of the Committee is, that 
every Grantee before mentioned, (as also the Public Lots,) that 
shall fulfill the conditions before expressed, shall be entitled to 
all after divisions of land in said township, and that all the land 
now lying in common and undivided be shared among them, 
part and part alike, or otherwise remain in common, as they shall 
agree, and the Grantees have liberty to divide the same in whole 
or in part, when they see good. And that every of the before 
named Grantees shall be and is hereby obliged to pay the said 
sum of three pounds and twelve shillings before mentioned, 
at six equal payments — twelve shillings each for the use of 
the Province, the first at or before the first day of June, 1720, 
and so yearly and every year, until each particular Grantee 
have fully paid to the Committee or such other as the Court 
appoints to receive the same, the full sum of £3,12,0 each, which 
will amount in the whole to the sum of one hundred fifty-one 
pounds and four shillings. 

Jonathan Remington, ^ 
Samuel Thaxtek, > Committee. 

Francis Fullam. ) 

Dec. IS, 1718." 

Some years after, the Proprietors, with a view to know to 
whom the several house lots were granted, Dec. 30, 1718, and 
the quantity of meadow ground alloted to each and where 
situated, and how bounded, &ic., and the respective names of 
the persons in possession of the several lots, required an account 



IN SHREWSBURY. 13 

of die same to be made out and entered on their Book, of wliicli 
the following is a copy. 

The "rants, so far as the Courts' Committee were concerned, 
\vere made on tlie IStli Dec. 1718 — perhaps the i^rants on the 
30th were made merely to show the Proprietors' acceptance of 
the doinj^s of the Committee. 

" Lot No. 1, Granted to Peter Haines, Dec. 30, 1718, 

This first Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 68 acres, and is 
situate at the South East corner of said town, and is bounded 
Easterly and Southerly by the town line — Westerly by the 2d 
Lot, and otherways by common land — the Southard angle is a 
white oak, &c. 

It hath, for a division of meadow in said town, the 2d Lot in 
Wild Cat meadow, six acres ; and is bounded Southerly by the 
meadow lot of Col. Joseph Buckminster, which is No. 1 ; and 
partly by the great Island in said meadow — Westerly by upland. 
Northerly by the meadow Lot of John Houghton, which is No. 
3. This Lot (68 acres) hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, in 
the common or undivided land, and is, 24 Dec. 1728, in the 
possession of Eleazer Pratt. 

Lot No. 2, Granted to John Houghton, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This second Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it seventy acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, in the undivided land in 
Shrewsbury, and lyeth near the South East angle of the town, 
bounded Southerly by the town line, I^astcrly by the first Lot, 
Westerly by the third Lot, Northerly by common land — and 
hath for a division of meadow six acres, the 3d Lot in Wild Cat 
meadow, bounded Southerly by the meadow Lot of Peter Hains 
which is No. 29, Northerly by the meadow Lot of William 
Ward, which is No. 4, Easterly partly by the meadow of John 
Sherman; this Lot (70 acres,) is, Jan. 1 1, 1728, in the possession 
of David Goodnow. 

Lot No. 3 was Granted to Col. Joseph Buckminster, Dec. 30, 
1718. 

This third Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 63|- acres, and 
hath a 50 acre right belonging to it in the common and undivid- 
ed land in Shrewsbury, and is situated near the South East corner 



14 PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &c. 

of the town, bounded Easterly by the 2d Lot, Southerly by the 
town line, Westerly by the 4th Lot, Noiherly by common land, 
and hath for a division of meadow the first Lot in Wild Cat 
meadow, and lyetli fur six acres on both sides of an Island, 
bounded Southerly on the town line, Northerly by Peter Haines' 
meadow Lot No. 2, and is divided into two pieces by the [sland ; 
this Lot (C3J acres) is in the possession of Wm. Nurse and 
Ebenezer Nurse, Jan. 13, 17-29. 

Lot No. 4, Granted to Joseph Baker, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This fourth House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains sixty-seven 
acres, and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, in the undivided 
land in Shrewsbury, bounded Easterly by the 3d House Lot, 
Southerly by the town line, otherways by common land — hath 
for a division of meadow, 5 acres adjoining the West side of his 
Lot, called Great Pisket ; this Lot (67 acres) is in the posses- 
sion of Reuben Maynard, Jan. 13, 1729. 

Lot No. 5, Granted to Jonathan Witt, Dec. 20, 1718. 

This fifth House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it sixty-one 
acres, and a 50 acre right, &.c. The swamp land within tlie 
bounds of it is esteemed as six acres of meadow, lyeth joining to 
the Westerly end of Fay's farm, and is bounded Easterly, partly 
by said farm, every way else by common land, the length of 
lines and degrees as they wore set forth by William Ward, in 
the town platt, he. This Lot is Jan. 23, 1729, in the pos- 
session of William Croutch. 

Lot No. 6, Granted to John Upham, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This sixth House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 7r2 acres 
and hath a 50 acre right, he, and lyeth near the South line of 
the town, and Easterly from Great Bummit. The meadow and 
swamp land within it, is esteemed for his six acres of valuable 
meadow, bounded every way by undivided land ; this Lot (72 
acres) in June 2, 1730, in the possession of Ebenezer Cutler. 

Lot No. 7, Granted to William Ward, admitted in room of 
Benj. Bellows, Dec. 30, 171S. 

This seventh House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 69 
acres, and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, Stc, and lyeth at 
the South East part of Bobbins' farm, bounded Notherly by said 



IN SHREWSBURY. 15 

flirm, and by part of the Sth Lot, Easterly by tlie 9th Lot, and 
otberuays by undivided land, length of lines and degrees, as they 
were set forth by VVm. Ward, in tlie platt of the town of Shrews- 
bury, he hath for a division of meadow, the fourth Lot in Wild 
Cat meadow, and lies for six acres, be it more or less; this 7th 
Lot is now Jan. 24, 1729, in the possession of Samuel Miles. 

Lot No. 8, Granted to Nahum-Ward, Dec. 30, I7I8. 

This Eighth House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 58^ 
acres, and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, he, and lyeth 
joining to the end of Robbins' farm, and is bounded Westerly by 
said farm, and Southerly by part of the 7th and part of the 9th 
Lots, and Easterly by the 10th Lot, Northerly by undivided 
land, the length of lines and degrees as they are set forth by 
William W"ard, in the platt of the town of Siirewsbury, he hath 
for a division of meadow, six acres of meadow and swamp, and 
lyes in several pieces, one piece lyes joining to the North end of 
Golding meadow — measured for 4 acres and 100 rods, bounded 
South by the town line, oiherways by common land, except 
where it joins to the 6th House Lot, another piece of swamp 
lying four rods East from the meadow, and lyeth for 60 rods, 
bounded South by the town line, otherways by undivided land ; 
another piece esteemed as one acre higher up the hill (!) East 
from the former, and bounded South by the line ; this Lot 
(58^ acres,) is now Jan. 27, 1729, in possession of Samuel 
Crosby. 

Lot No. 0, Granted to Capt. Edward Goddard, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This ninth House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 69 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, Etc., and is bounded 
Northerly by the Sth and 10th Lots, Southerly by Fay's farm. 
Westerly partly by the 7th Lot, and partly by common land, 
Easterly by common land, it hath for a division of meadow, 
the fifth Lot in Wild Cat meadow; this Lot (No. 9) is now, Jan. 
27, 1729, in possession of Jacob Green. 

Lot No. 10, Granted to John Sherman, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This tenth House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 72| acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to il, &-c., ; the meadow 
within it esteemed as 2J acres of valuable meadow, and is situated 



16 PR(Ji'RIET()RS, HOUSE LOTS, &c. 

on Boston Hill, and bounded Southerly by the 9th Lot, Westerly 
Iiy the Sth Lot, otherways l)v comiuoii hind, for the remainder 
of his meadow, two pieces, one j)ieee of 3 acres called Httle 
Pisket meadow, which lyeth joininj^ to part of Wild Cat meadow, 
and a little piece of swamp at the IN'orth corner of the meadow, 
to qualify the meadow ; also h acre more at the North end of his 
House Lot, also one acre esteemed ^ an acre of meadow, at the 
North West corner. This Lot (No. 10,) is now in the possession 
of Daniel Garfield, Jan. 27, 1729. 

Lot No. 11, Granted to Daniel Rand, Dec. 30, 1718. 

Tiiis eleventh House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 62 
acres and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, 8ic., and is situated 
on the West of Great Bummit meadow, bounded Northerly on 
Robbins' farm, otherways by common land, except where it 
touches said Bummit ; he hath for a division of meadow six 
acres called Nipnap meadow, bounded Westerly by South Brook, 
allowance given to the value of one acre and 120 rods, to 
qualify the meadow. This Lot, No. 11 is now, Jan. 28, 1729, 
in the possession of Daniel Rand. 

Lot No. 12, Granted to Jonathan Loring, Dec. .30, 17 IS. 

This twelfth House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 67 acres, 
and has a 50 acre right belonging to it, Sic, and is situated near 
to where Warner formerly improved, bounded Northerly by 
Hains' old farm. Easterly by the 16ih House Lot, otherways by 
undivided land, he hath for a division of meadow, the 4th Lot of 
meadow in South Brook meadow, in 2 pieces. This (12th) 
Lot is now Jan. 2S, 1729, in the possession of the heirs of 
Wm. Blair. 

Lot No. 13, Granted to John Crosby, admitted in the room 
of Daniel How, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This thirteenth House Lot in Shrewsbury, contains in it 62 
acres, and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &.C., and is situat- 
ed on the North end of Boston Hill, bounded Easterly by the 
town line ; he hath for a division of meadow, swamp land and 
meadow land, esteemed equal to 6 acres of good meadow, and 
lyeth joining to his House Lot at the Southerly end in two parts, 
one part lies on both sides of the brook that runs out of Little 



IN SHREWSBURY. 17 

Huiiimit, bounded Southerly by said Bummit meadow, Easterly 
by his House Lot, the other part bounded Northerly by said 
liOt and every way else by upland and stakes in a little pondy 
Swamp, at the South end. This (13) Lot is now, Jan. 29, 
1729, in the possession of John Crosby. 

J.ot No. 14, Granted to John Brigham, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 1 1th House Lot in Slirewsbury, contains in it 70 acres, 
and hath a fifty acre right belonging to it, he, and lyeih North- 
erly from the 13th House Lot, and is bounded Northerly by the 
loth House Lot, Westerly by Hains' old farm, otherways by un- 
divided land. It halh for a division of meadow, the first Lot in 
Southbrook meadow, and lies for 5 acres 133 rods, bounded 
Northerly partly by Hains' old farm, Southerly in part by an isl- 
and. The other 27 rods is swamp land joining to the South side 
of his House Lot, which makes up 6 acres of valuable meadow. 
Tliis lot (M) is now, Jan. 30, 1729, in the possession of 
Simon Maynard. 

Lot No. 15, Granted to Thomas Hapgood, Dec. 30, 1713. 

This fifteenth House l^ot in Shrewsbury contains in it 62i 
acres, and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &lc., and is lx)und- 
ed Westerly by Hains' old farm. Easterly by the town lino. 
Southerly partly by the 14th Lot and partly by common land, 
Northerly by common land. It hath for a division ol" meadow 
the 2d Lot in Southbrook meadow. 5 acres, 55 rods, bounded in 
part on a little island, and in |)art on a long island. Also, 105 
rods of swamp land on the North side the House Lot on both 
sides the brook, that runs out of said lot, to make up six acres. 

This Lot (1 5) is now in the possession of Gershom Keyes, Jan. 
30, 1729. 

Lot No. 16, Granted to John Keyes, Jr., Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 16th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 53 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, <fe.c., and is bounded 
Easterly by the town line. Northerly by Hains' old farm, West- 
erly by the l-2lh House Lot, and partly by undivided land. South- 
erly by common land, and lyeth where Mr. \\'arner formerly im- 
proved. He hath for a division of meadow, the thi^d lot in 
Southbrook meadow, lying in two pieces, one piece 3- acres 45 
3 



18 PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &c. 

rods, bounded Westerly by an island and the brook. The most 
JNorlherly corner of the other piece, 2 acres 115 rods, is where 
the horse path goes over the brook. 

This lot (No. 16) is now, Jan. 31, 1729, in the possession 
of Daniel Barns. 

Lot No. 17, Granted to Moses Newton, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 17th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 59 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &;c., and is situated East 
fron> Ashans hill, and is bounded Easterly by the town line, 
Westerly by the 18th House Lot, Southerly and Northerly by 
undivided land. The swamp within the Lot is esteemed as 2J 
acres of valuable meadow. He hath to make up his division of 
meadow, 3^ acres of meadow and swamp near the South East 
part of Rocky Pond. This Lot (17) is now, Jan. 31, 1729, in 
the possession of Aaron Newton. 

Lot No. 18, Granted to John Shattuck, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 18th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 58 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, and is situate at tiie East 
side of Ashans Hill, bounded Easterly by the 17th lot, every other 
way by undivided land. The swamp land within the Lot esteemed 
sufficient for his division of meadow, six acres. This Lot (18) 
is now, Feb. 3, 1729, in possession of Joseph Biglow. 

Lot No. 19, Granted to James Keyes, Sen., admitted in the 
room of Elias Keycs, Dec. 31, 1718. 

This 19th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 65 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, he, and is bounded 
every way by undivided land, and lies East of Mr. Rawson's 
farm on both sides of the brook, that runs out of said farm. He 
hath for a division of meadow six acres, as it lyeth in three pieces ; 
one piece betwixt said Lot and Rawson's farm, 3 acres 154 rods, 
another piece on the East side the gulf, 1 acre; the other piece, 
i acre and 6 rods, lyeth near South brook meadow, at the upper 
end of a swamp, that runs down to some part of said brook mead- 
ow. This [jOt (19) is now, Feb. 3, 1730, in the possession of 
James Keyes, Jr. 

Lot No. 20, Granted for a School Lot in Shrewsbury, Dec. 
SO, 1718. 



IN SHREWSBURY. 19 

This 20th Lot, at first laying out, was numbered forty-three, 
but by order of the Courts Committee is No. 20, which contains 
n it 69^ acres, and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c. 
This 20th Lot lyeth at Rockie Pond, and is every way bounded 
by undivided latid ; its division of meadow is, within the Lot, G 
acres. 

Lot 21, Granted to Peter Smith, Dec, 30, 1718. 

This 21st House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 69^- acres, 
and hath a 60 acre right belonging to it, &c., bounded IN'ortherly 
by Mr. Rawson's farm, Westerly by the IMinister's Lot, (No. 22,) 
othervvays by undivided land. The swamp within the Lot is es- 
teemed sufficient for his meadow, 6 acres. This (21) Lot is 
now, Feb. 4, 1729, in the possession of Peter Smith. 

Lot No. 22, Granted to the first settled minister in Shrewsbury, 
Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 22d Lot has a 50 acre right belonging to it, Sic. ; this Lot 
was ordered to be made up to the full of 90 acres, and it is be- 
twixt Haynes' old farm and Rawson's farm, bounded Southerly 
by Haynes' farm, Easterly partly by the common and partly by 
the 21st House Lot, Northerly by or near said Rawson's farm? 
Westerly by the 23d House Lot. The whole of this Lot con- 
tains S3 acres, as was surveyed, Sept. IS, 1729, by order of the 
Proprietors. Mr. Gushing had for a division of meadow, so 
much as was deemed equivalent to 6 acres of valuable meadow ; 
it lyeth in 2 pieces, one piece at the West end of Pine Swamp, 
bounded Southerly by meadow or Rawson's farm, every other 
way by common land, 5 acres ; the other piece lyeth near the 
North West corner of Rawson's farm, and is called Boe meadow, 
bounded every way by common land, except at the Northerly 
end, where the water runs out of said meadow. This 22d Lot 
is now, April 17, 1730, in the possession of the Rev. Mr. Job 
Gushing, the first settled minister in Shrewsbury. 

Lot No. 23, Granted to Jotham Brigham, admitted in the room 
of Asa Bowker, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 23d House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70^ acres, 
and hath a 53 acre right belonging to it,, Sec, bounded Easterly by 
the Minister's Lot, (No. 22.) otherways by undivided land. 



20 PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &c. 

Thelites begin c.t Rawson's farm line, then Soutli 158 rods, 
thence South 73° W. SO rods, then N. 10° W. 71 rods, thence 
N. 39° E. 142 rods to Rawson's faim, where it began, at a lieap 
of stones. He hath for a division of meadow, 6 acres at the 
South end of the Pine Swamp, called Mallagasco Swamp.* 

This ^3d Lot is (4th Feb. 1729) in the possession of Thomas 
Hall. 

Lot No. 24, Granted to Thomas Hall, Dec. 30, 1718. 

Tiiis 24th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres, 
and a 50 acre right belongs to it, he, bounded Westerly by 
Judge SewelTs farm, otherways by undivided land. The swamp 
within the Lot esteemed suflicient for his division of meadow, 6 
r.cres. This 24th Lot is now, Feb. S, 1729, in the possession 
of Eleazer Rice. 

fjOt No. 25, Granted to George Brown, for his son Josiah 
Hrown, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 25th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres, 
and a 50 acre right belongs to it, &c., and lyeth on both sides of 
the West point of Brigham's farm, bounded Southerly by the 
3Sth House Lot, and otherways by said farm and common land. 
For division of meadow he hath one acre allowed him in his 
House Lot, 2 acres more in a little swamp, a little distance from 
the South side of his House Lot, 3 acres toward the Southerly 
end of the meadow, known by the name of Muddy Meadow. 
This 25th Lot is, Feb. 13, 1729, in the possession of Elisha 
Mainard. 

tiOt No. 26, Granted to Samuel Crosby, in room of Jeremiah 
Holeman, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 26th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 73 acres, 
and a 50 acre right belongs to it, &c., and lyeth near the West 
bounds of Hains' old farm, bounded every way by undivided land, 
except where it joins to the 44th House Lot. The meadow and 
swamj) NS'ithin the Lot is sufficient for his division of meadow, G 
acres. This 26th Lot is now, Feb. 10, 1729, in tlie possession 
of Samuel Wheelock, Sen. 

' Lies Easterly o. Boylston meeting house. 



IN SHREWSBURY. 21 

Lot No. 27, Gnuited to Thomas Glcason, adinkted iu the room 
of Ephraim Curtice, Dec. 3 ), 1718. 

This 27ih House Lot in Slirewsbury contains in it 70 acre?, 
and has a 50 aci'e right belonging lo it, and lyeth at the South 
end ol' the Hill, known by the name of Smith Hill, bounded 
Westerly by the town line, otherways by undivided land. This 
Lot (27) is, Feb. 1 1, 1729, in the possession of Isaac Millar. 

Lot No. 28, Granted to John Wheeler, Sen. Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 28th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 60 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre Lot belonging to it, &.C., and is the Southerly 
Lot at Spring Garden,* and bounded North Easterly by the 35lh 
House Lot, otherways by undivided land. He hath for division 
of meadow three pieces; one piece, 3 acres, 57 rods, lyeth East 
from his Lot ; another piece, joining to the East side of his Lot, 
and is a long strip of swamp, bounded Westerly by said Lot, 
every way else by rocks and upland; another lyeth at the South 
West corner of his Lot, and is bounded mostly by rocks. This 
Lot, No. 28, is now in the possession of Thomas Keyes, Feb. 
11, 1729. 

Lot No. 29, Granted to John Gates, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 29th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and lyeth joining to 
Mr. Davenport's 50 acres, bounded Northerly partly by said 50 
acres and partly by undivided land, Westerly by Worcester line. 
Southerly byconmion land, Easterly by the 30th House Lot. 

This Lot, No. 29, is now, Dec. 2, 1731, in the possession of 
Hezckiah Gates. 

Lot No. 30, Granted to the ministry in Shrewsbury, Dec. 30, 
1718. 

This 30th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, and is one of the most 
Northerly Lots; bounded Westerly by the 29th House Lot, 
Northerly by part of Davenport's 50 acres, every way else by 
undivided land. There is set out for this 30th Lot entervale and 
swamp land equivalent to 6 acres of meadow. It lyeth near the 
North end of Davenport's farm. 

* In Boylston, near the brook that crosses the road leading from Shrewsbury to 
Boylslon, soniclimes called Spring (Jarden lirook. 



22 PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &c. 

This Lot was entered on the record, Feb. 2, 1730, J. Keyes, 
P. Clerk. 

Lot No. 31, Granted to Eieazer Rice, admitted in the room 
of James Keyes, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 31st House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres, 
and hath a 53 acre right belonging thereto, and lyeth on the 
North side of Rutland first road, bounded Northerly by the 32d 
House Lot, otherways by undivided land, and the pretended 
Maiden farm.* In his Lot are 4 acres of valuable meadow. For 
the remainder of his division of meadow, he hath 2 acres in the 
meadow, known by the name of Muddy Meadow, and bounded 
by George Brown's meadow Lot, and by the meadow Lot of 
Richard Temple. This Lot, No. 31, is now, Feb. 2, 1730, in 
the possession of Eieazer Rice. 

Lot No. 32, Granted to James Gleazen, admitted in the room 
of Wm. Taylor, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 32d House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and lyeth at the 
North West angle of the pretended Maiden farm, bounded East- 
erly partly by said pretended farm, and partly by common land, 
Southerly by the 31st House Lot, partly, and otherways by un- 
divided land. He hath, for his division of meadow, the 7th and 
last Lot in Muddy Meadow, and lies for G acres, be it more or 
less. 

This 32d Lot is now, Feb. 12, 1729, in the possession of the 
heirs of Daniel Child. 

Lot No. 33, Granted to Jacob Hinds, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 33d House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 60 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, he, and lyeth near the 
South East angle of the ministerial Lot, and is bounded every 
way by undivided land. He hath for his division of meadow the 
sixth Lot in Muddy Meadow. This Lot, No. 33, is now, Feb. 
12, 1729, in the possession of Jacob Hinds. 

* The Maiden farm consisted of 900 acres, granted by the General Court, in 
16fi5, to the Church in Maiden, and was situated in the North West part of Shrews- 
bury, and the South West part of Boylston. The Proprietors disputed the Maiden 
title for many years, it IS believed unsuccessfully, but how it was settled is not 
known. 



IN SHREWSBURY. 23 

Lot No. 34, Granted to David Hains, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 34th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &.C., and lyeth at the 
North East corner of the pretended Maiden farm, and bounded 
Westerly by said farm, otherways by undivided land. For a di- 
vision of meadow, he hath 3 acres allowed within said Lot. The 
other 3 acres lie joining the North West angle of said Lot. This 
Lot, No. 34, is now, Feb. 17, 1729, in the possession of Isaac 
Temple. 

Lot No. 35, Granted to Gcrshom Keyes, in the room of Capi. 
Hopestill Brown, Dec. 30, 17 IS. 

The 35th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 52 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &ic., and is the 2d Lot 
at Spring Garden, bounded South Westerly by the 28th House 
Lot, North Easterly by the 45th House Lot, otherways by un- 
divided land. He hath for a division of meadow the Southerly 
part of a little pine swamp, esteemed equivalent to 6 acres of 
meadow. This Lot, No. 35, is now, Feb. 17, 1729, in the 
possession of Thomas Keyes. 

Lot No, 36, Granted to Sani'l Brigham, admitted in the room 
of Gershom Wheelock, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 36th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres, 
2 acres whereof is allowed for so much for his division of mead- 
ow, and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, 6lc., and lyeih on 
both sides of Mallagasco brook, bounded every way by undivided 
land. He hath for the remainder of his division of meadow, 4 
acres of meadow lying in the South West corner of Mallagasco 
swamp, by meadow Lot of Jotham Brigham. This Lot, No. 
36, is now, Feb. 19, 1729, in the possession of Gershom Flagg. 

Lot No. 37, Granted to Richard Temple, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 37th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 70 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &c., and lyeth on the 
East of Muddy Meadow, and bounded every way by undivided 
land. His division of meadow is the 5ih Lot in Muddy Meadow, 
6 acres. This Lot, No. 37, is now, Feb. 19, 1729, in the pos- 
session of Richard Temple. 

Lot No. 38, Granted to Abial BusJi, Dec. SO, 17 IS. 



24 PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &c. 

This 38ih House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 60 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to ic, and is bounded West- 
erly by the 43d Lot, Northerly partly by the 25th Lot,, every 
way else by undivided land. He hath for a division of meadow, 
acres, one acre thereof lies within his House Lot, the other 
five is the 2d Lot in Muddy Meadow. This Lot, No. 38, is 
now, Feb. 19, 1729, in the possession of John Bush, the son of 
the said Abiul. 

Lot No. 39, Granted to John Wheeler, Jr., Dec. 30, 171 S. 

This 39th House Lot in Shre\vsbury contains in it 60 acres, 
with a division meadow, 6 aci'es, within said I^ot, and hath a 5-0 
acre right belonging to it, Sec, and lyeth adjoining to the South 
line of Mr, Davenport's farm, bounded Northerly by said farm 
and Lancaster town line. This Lot, No. 39, is now, Feb. 20, 
1729, in the possession of Simon Stone. 

Lot No. 40, Granted to Capt. Joshua Hains, Dec. 30, 171 S. 

This 40th House I^ot in Shrewsbury contains in it 66 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre riglit belonging to it, &c., six acres within 
said Lot. He hath for a division of meadow, 6 acres. This 
Lot lyes North Westerly from Brigham's farm, and bounded 
every way by undivided land. This Lot, No. 40, is in posses- 
sion, Feb 20, 1729, of Sarah Taylor. 

Lot No. 41 , Granted to Caleb Rice, admitted in room of Sam'l 
Wheelock, Sen., Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 4 1st House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 60 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, Sec, and is bounded 
every way by undivided land. He hath for his division of 
meadow swamp, some part of it in his House Lot, to the value of 
an acre and a half, another piece joining to the South end of his 
Lot, valued at 3i acres, which piece runs Southerly betwixt the 
ledges of rocks, another piece of 2 acres, a little distance West- 
erly from his House Lot, is to make up his division, G acres. 
This Lot, No. 41, is now, Feb. 21, 1729, in the possession of 
Dai.iel Hastings. 

Lot No. 42, Granted to John Keyes, Sen. Dec. 30, 171S. 

This 42d House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 66 acres, 
and liath a 50 acre right belonging to it, and lyeth joining to the 



IN SHREWSBURY. 25 

Soulli lino of Brighain's farm, and bounded every other way by 
undivided land. He liatb for a division of meadow, swamp and 
meadow to the value of six acres, lying North Easterly from his 
House Lot, and is a croolred piece, bounded mostly by upland, 
as may be seen where the brook runs out of the meadow. This 
Lot, No. 42, is now, Feb. 28, 1729, in the possession of John 
Keyes, Sen. 

Lot No. 43, Granted to Eleazer Taylor, Dec. 30, 1713. 

This 43d House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 53 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, Stc, and joins to the 
Westerly end of the 38ih House Lot, bounded every way by 
common land. He hath for a division of meadow ten acres of 
swamp land in the North part of Mallagasco Swamp, esteemed 
equal to 6 acres of meadow. This Lot, No. 43, is now, 28 Feb., 
1729, in the possession of Eleazer Taylor. 

Lot No. 44, Granted to William Johnson, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 44th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in it 67 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, and lyeth in two pieces, 
the greater part lyeth joining lo the West side of the 26th House 
Lot, and is bounded Easterly by said Lot, and by common land 
every way else. This 44th Lot is now in possession of Jonathan 
Foster and Ephr. Pratt. 

Lot No. 45, Granted to Thomas Keyes, Dec. 30, 1718. 

This 45th House Lot in Shrewsbury contains in k 70 acres, 
and hath a 50 acre right belonging to it, &;c., the swamp land and 
meadow within the Lot, and about half an acre without the Let, 
joining to said Lot at the North corner, is esteemed sufficient for 
his division of meadow. This 45th Lot lyeth adjoining to the 
North line of the 35th House Lot, bounded all otiier ways by 
common land. This Lot, No. 45, is now in possession of Henry 
Keyes, Feb. 28, 1729. 

" The Committee's Farm," so called, was a grant made by 
the Proprietors, as a compensation to the Committee, viz: Jona- 
than Remington, Samuel Thaxter, and Francis Fullam, appoint- 
ed by the General Court, "to settle the town of Shrewsbury." 

The grant was made at a Proprietor's meeting, holden on the 
28th of March, 1722, and contained in it 1500 acres, described 
4 



26 PROPRIETORS, HOUSE LOTS, &c. 

and bounded, as appears of record, as follows, beginning at the 
Northern most end of the township of said Shrewsbury, at a heap 
of stones laid by the edge of the river, thence running by marks 
34° West, 30" South, to a heap of stones on Worcester town 
line, from thence turning and running upon North and by West 
line upon Worcester line, to a white oak tree marked, which is 
the bound corner to [of] Worcester, to [of] Rutland, and to [of] 
Shrewsbury ; from thence running upon North point, 5G° East, 
by a line of marked trees to Nashua river, to an ash tree, 380 
rods; thence, turning and running Southerly, and bounding on 
said river, to the heap of stones first mentioned. 

The undivided lands w-ere disposed of at subsequent periods by 
the Proprietors, and called second, third, fourth, and fifth division 
lands, with the exception of some small parcels taken up by in- 
dividuals, and afterwards confirmed to them. 

Lands were laid out at divers times, to sundry persons, in right 
of the several House Lots, &c. 1 extract the following, relating 
thereto, omitting, in most instances, for want of room, the quan- 
tity, description, and bounds of the land. 



LANDS LAID OUT, &c. &c. 

1721 . " To William Taylor, 5 acres, 24 rods of land in Shrews- 
bury, on the Pine Plain, W^esterly of the farm, called 
Haines, and begins Southerly of and adjoining the 
County road. This was granted to William Taylor for 
satisfaction for 15 acres of land which the said Taylor 
has alienated to the Proprietors of Shrewsbury, for to 
build a meeting house upon." 

1723. To Solomon Johnson, in right of 34th House Lot. 

1724. To Dea. Caleb Rice, " " 41st " 

1725. Granted to Thomas Hall, seven acres of land lying North- 

westerly from his house, for money due him for sweep- 
ing the meeting house in Shrewsbury, for a year and a 



IN SHREWSBURY. 27 

half last past, being the sum of one pound eight 

shillings. 

[It is said his house was where the late Henry Snow, 
Esq. lived.] 
172S. To. Elnathan Allen, in right of 9th House Lot. 

There was a saw mill below the 40th House Lot, then 
in the possession of widow Sarah Taylor. Isaac Temple 
and Elcazer Taylor claimed each of them a piece of land 
laid out between the House Lot and the Mill. The Pro- 
prietors adjudged it to Isaac Temple. 

Joseph Bigelow on petition had the road by his house 
altered, so to go outside of his fence. 

The clay ground, laid out for the use of the Proprie- 
tors, was a little Southerly of the saw mill, at the North 
part of the town. 

1729. Eleazer Rice's saiv mill meadow was about being divided. 

Also, common land, on Smith hill. 
Law suit about Maiden farm, so called. 

1730. To John Sherman, in right of 10th House Lot, 3 acres 

South of his own land. 

" To Reuben Maynard, in right of 4th Lot, land by Croutch's. 

" To John Fay, Jr., in right of 2d Lot, land by William Nurse. 

" To Asa Bouker, in right of 28th Lot. 

" To Gershom Brigham, in right of 26tli Lot. 

" To Ephraim Pratt, in right of 44th Lot. 

1732. To Peter Smith, in right of 2 1st Lot. 

" To John Crosby, in right of 44th Lot. 

1736. To Cyprian Keyes, in right of 14th and 6th Lots. 
" To Zebadiah Johnson, in right of 36th Lot. 

" Thomas Hapgood and Solo. Johnson both pitch on one 

platt, at Goose pond. 
" Voted, May 24ih, 25 shillings tax on each House Lot, 

to defray Court charges, in defending the Proprietors 
against Maiden men. 

Voted, 35 shillings to Isaac Temple, 25 do. to John 
Bush, for services done in attending the Inferior Court, 
about Maiden farm. 

1737. To Eli Keyes, in right of 41Ui House Lot. 



28 LANDS LAID OUT, &c. 

1743. To Daniel Garfield, in right of 10th House Lot. 

1744. To Aaron Newton, in ri^ht of 17th House Lot. 
" To John Boukcr, in right of 32d House Lot. 

1744. To Cyprian Keyes, in right of 45th House Lot. 

1745. To Ephraim Smith, in right of 19th House Lot. 

1747. To Elijah Rice, in right of 14th House Lot. 
" To Dea. Samuel Miles, in right of 7th Lot. 

He was of Concord, 174G. 
" To Daniel Howe, in right of 13th House Lot. 
J 748. To the heirs of Simeon Stone, in right of 39th House Lot- 
" John Crawford, saying he is an inhabitant of the town, 

and living near Rocky pond, petitions to have the boggy 
land, at the Southerly end of the pond, granted to him > 
whereupon the Proprietors grant him, his heirs, he, all 
the bogs and quagglings round the pond, called Rocky 
pond, in the 2d precinct, which have not been laid out to 
any other person, with all the bottom they can gain by 
draining said pond without damnifying owners of the lands 
joining to said pond. 

1748. I\Ioses Hastings asks for half an acre of land where his 

barn stands, (afterwards Rev. Dr. Sumners, and stood 
South side the County road.) 

1749. Daniel Howe, chosen to manage in the law against 

Maiden. 

1750. To Timothy Whitney, in right of 20th House Lot. 
1754. To Elijah Rice, in right of 44th House Lot. 

1763. To Bezaleet Maynard, in right of 25th House Lot. 

1764. To Josiah Rice, in right of 41st House Lot. 

1765. To Dea. Cyprian Keyes, in right of 45th House Lot. 
" To Dea. Jona. Keyes, in right of 45th House Lot. 

" To Eli Keyes, Jr., in right of 17th and 42d do. 
"- To Elisha Newton, in right of 17th House Lot, next his 
own land. 
T7f)6. To David Taylor, in right of 9th House Lot. 

" Dea. Jona. Livermore assisted, as Surveyor, in looking, 
up the bounds of the meeting house lands. 
1168. To Jonathan Green, in right of 20th House Lot. 



IN SHREWSBURY. 29 

1765. Oct. 25. Jonas Holland writes from Pelcrsliam to the 
Proprietors, saying he had land laid out to him in right 
of the 32d Lot, years ago ; that the right belonged to 

1765. Elcazer Taylor, of which he was to have had a deed, 
but before he got it, Taylor died, and as he had not 
paid any thing for the right or land laid out, it rem:/ined 
the property of Taylor's heirs. 

1769. To Jona. Green, in right of 20th House Lot. 

" To John Hastings, in right of 14th House Lot. 

1770, David Child disclaims on lOlh and 15th Lots. 
1772. Reuben Maynard, in right of 4th Lot. 

1789. Capt. Jos. Bigelow, Moderator, and many years follow- 
ing — the last time, 1801. 
1792. To Jonathan Child, in right of 3d Lot. 

1795. To Oliver Glazeir, in right of 17th Lot. 

" To Daniel and Moses Nurse, in right of 3d Lot, and to 
same, 1793, 3d Lot. 

1796. Voted, To procure a new book, that the old one niay be 

drafted. 

1797. Voted, 44 dollars, for to defray the charges of the new 

book and drafting. 

But little business seems to have been transacted at the Pro- 
prietors' meetings, for many years prior to 1797. They held 
iheir last meeting on the 27th of May, 181 1. Agreeably to an 
early vote, that, when they should cease to hold meetings, their 
book of records should be deposited with the Town Clerk, the 
original book has been recently obtained and deposited in the 
office of the Clerk of the Town of Shrewsbury. The copy, if 
there is one, is in other hands. 

John Keyes, Sen., who had for a long series of years (I be- 
lieve from the beginning) been Proprietors' Clerk, ceased to be 
such, after the 17th May, 1749, probably, by death, of which 
there is no mention on the town records. 

Cyprian Keyes was chosen Clerk, 17th May, 1749, and died 
in 1753. Artemas Ward chosen, 1753. Job Cushing, in 1779, 
and thanks voted to Artemas Ward, for services as Clerk. Col. 



80 REMARKS. 

Cusliing died in 1803, and Col. Jotham Bush, of Boylston, suc- 
ceeded him in that office. He was the last Clerk, and the Rev. 
Dr. Sumner the last Moderator. 

To many, the foiegoing details may not be interesting, but not 
so to all. They call to mind the names of the founders of the 
town, of whom, and of many incidents of that period, our fatliers 
have so often told us. 

They exliibit particulars (few and brief, to be sure, and neces- 
sarily so here) of their public transactions, at different periods, 
for nearly one hundred years. It is on these that the town was 
built, and it is on them the foundation of its history in all coming 
time must rest. 

We see what is around us, and naturally desire to see both 
ends of what we look at. Thus should we mentally look upon a 
village or a town. Each of them had a beginning, and that be- 
ginniyig is one of the ends, the other end is with us, day by day, 
while we live. 

If we reflect upon the circumstances of beginning a new set- 
tlement, the hardships and privations of its founders, we shall 
better appreciate the fruits of their labor, while we enjoy them, 
and feel a stronger inducement to increase their number and value, 
and pass them on to generations yet to come. 



HI8T0EI0AL EXTRACTS 



AND 



MISCELLANEOUS MEMORANDA. 



The Township was incorporaled by the name of Shrewsbury, 
with all the powers, privileges and immunities of other towns, on 
the 15th of December, 1727 ; ten years after it was granted as a 
township. 

The inhabitants, in their petition for incorporation, did not ask 
for a name, and on what account, and under what circumstances, 
it tooic its name, does not appear of record. Probably it was so 
called by the Proprietors, soon after the grant, from a town of 
that name in England, whence some of their ancestors came, 
when they left their native land. 

In their petition to the General Court for corporate powers and 
privileges, they call themselves "inhabitants of Shrewsbury ; " 
as such they were recognized by the General Court, and their 
petition granted. Clippings and parings from the original town, 
have been made at sundry times. 

In 1741, Ebenczer Cutler, Obadiah Newton, Noah Brooks, 
and David Reed, were set off, with their farms, and annexed to 
Grafton. In 1768, William Whitney, Zachariah Eager, Jona- 
than Foster, Zachariah Harvey, Edward Newton, Samuel New- 
ton, Ezekiel Newton, and Daniel Wheelock, with others, and all 
the lands in the North part of the town, lying on the North side 
of Quinepoxit river, and between the towns of Lancaster and 
Holden, were set ofi' from this town, and annexed to Lancaster : 



32 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 

that tract was then known by the name of '•' ihe Leg,^' and 
has since become a part of Sterling. 

In 17G2, William Nurse, and others,* living in the South East 
corner of the town, known as " the »SVioe." and " Nurse's corner," 
were set off, with their estates, and annexed to VVesiboro'. Where 
the foot was, does not now appear, nor liow the shoe came to be 
so far from the leg. 

In 1786, the North part of the town, then the Second Parish. 
or Precinct, was set off, and incorporated, by the name of 
Boylston. 

In 1793, Elijah Whitney, and his farm, were set off and an- 
nexed to Westboro' ; and in 1826, Tarrant Merriam, with his 
farm, was set off to Grafton. 

Daniel Wheelock, of this town, of whose family, if he had 
any, there is no account of birth or death, nor of his own, on the 
town record, appears to have died previous to 1759, as in that 
year Ebenezer Keyes was acting as his administrator. 

Land near the school house, in the " Leg,'' was, prior to 
1760, devoted to a burying place. Daniel Bixby, Ephraim 
Boyenton, and Jonathan Foster lived in that neighborhood. 

In 1760 a road was laid out from the county road by Ephraim 
Wheeler's house to George Bush's house, through land of widow 
Sarah Eager, and widow Sarah Maynard. Sarah Eager was the 
widow of Capt. Benjamin Eager, who lived and died, where 
Mr. Joseph Nurse now lives, and whose remains, it is said, were 
removed from the house through a window, taken out for that 
purpose. So great was his corpulency, his coffin could not be 
passed through the door-way. He died June 21, 1759, aged 44. 
Sarah Maynard was the widow of Samuel, who was the father of 
the late Daniel Maynard. He died May 23, 1755, aged 28. 

Highway Surveyors, 17G0. — "Isaac Miller above the pond," 
(North of the road leading to W^orcester, and above the pond, 
might be seen, a few years since, the vestiges of his cellar,) 
"Simon Maynard, Nathaniel Balk for Nurse's corner, Eleazer 

* Eleazer Pratt, widow Sarah Smith, Daniel JNurse, and the heirs ofReuben May- 
nard, deceased. Also, the land of Benjamin Faj and Moses Nurse, (of Westboro',) 
lying in the Slwe in Shrewsbury. 



HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 33 

Rice, John Drury, Edward Newton, Aaron Newton, Samuel 
Holland, and Daniel Whitney." Eleazer Rice, to repair the 
road leading from Samuel Whitney's, by Capt. Mixer's and Enos 
Goodale's, to Samuel Bigelow's ; and the road from said Bige- 
low's to Grafton line, and the road leading from his own house to 
Mr. Potter's. 

John Drury to repair the road from his own house to the old 
Meeting House, and the road from the 2d Parish by Capt. Whee- 
lock's to said Meeting House, and all the roads East of the road 
leading from the 2d Parish, and North of the county road in the 
First Parish. 

Aaron Newton was to repair roads by Nathaniel Davenport's, 
Daniel Child's, Lt. Bigelow's and Amariah Bigelow's. 

Samuel Holland to repair roads by Jotham Bush's, Jonathan 
Cutting's and Jonas Ward's." 

Daniel Whitney's District was in the 2d Parish, towards 
Lancaster. 

I have extracted the above relating to the highway surveyors 
for two reasons : first, it shows in what part of the town some of 
them and other inhabitants then lived ; and secondly, because 
the record shows, that all those, named as highway surveyors, were 
living in 1760 — yet the death of no one of them is to be found 
on the town record. Extraordinary, as this may seem, it is but 
a specimen of the neglect, that prevailed more or less from the 
first settlement of the town to a late period, to cause deaths to be 
entered on the town record. 

In 1828 my attention was drawn to the fact, that, in the early 
records, the deaths of several people were to be found intermixed 
with the record of town proceedings, and no where else ; and 
that the record itself was very deficient, as regarded deaths, many 
of which were within my recollection ; I went to the Burying 
place and, with the record by me, examined every monument 
there erected to the memory of the dead on which there was an 
inscription, and took an account of all not on record ; but many 
of the dead having no monuments then erected, and, knowing of 
some, of whom I could find no account there, I was induced to 
make inquiry in several families on that subject, whereby I ob- 
5 



34 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY, 

tained an account of the deaths and ages of many others, and 
having first copied them all, including those on record, entered them 
in alphabetical order in a book provided for that purpose, together 
with all the publishments, marriages and births, that were pre- 
viously on record, some of them scattered through many books, 
and the record so mutilated that some of the names could not be 
made out — while some others were ascertained with much diffi- 
culty. The whole number of deaths thus added to the record 
was 188, that occurred previous to 1321 — the whole number 
previously on record was only 475, and of these 8 are recorded 
as having taken place before the incorporation of the town in 
1727 ; leaving 467 as having occurred in the 93 succeeding years, 
averaging but 5 per year — which in all probability, was double 
that number during that period — nor was the duty of having 
births entered upon the town record better regarded. 

How many have come into the world, raised up families, and 
performed the part allotted them, and then departed without there 
being a record made of their having gone, or even come ! less 
than that is not done for the beasts of the field, so far as it regards 
the time of their coming and going — instances have occurred, 
where more has been done for them in this respect, than for the 
family of the owner, as has appeared by the interleaved almanacks 
of some, who have kept a record of the one, while the records 
of the town furnish no evidence of the other. 

So prevalent has become die neglect of procuring births and 
deaths to be recorded, that it seems to have given birth to another. 
Many Clergymen have neglected for years, and still neglect to 
make a return of the marriages ihey have solenmized ! thus strik- 
ing at the foundation of society and exposing innocent persons to 
severe punishment — the record is evidence of the marriage — but 
the clergyman, solemnizing the marriage, makes no return, though 
by law, required to do it — he is dismissed, and perhaps removes 
no one knows where ; taking with him his records, if he keeps 
any, or dies, and then they pass into other hands and are lost. 

Some one, to gratify a malevolent disposition complains to the 
public authorities, that A. B. and C. D. are living as man and 
wife, without having been married — the accused are arrested, 



HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 



35 



no evidence of marriage can be found, for the officiating clergy- 
man is sometimes the only witness — what are they to do ? what 
can they do? if nothing worse, they must at least endure suffer- 
ing and shame for Ins neglect ; what might be the consequences 
to their children, needs not be stated here — this is not altogether 
an imaginary case — perhaps some magistrates have been equally 
culpable of neglect in this particular. 

[f heavy penalties aie necessary to enforce obedience in the 
discharge of a public duty, let them be applied, and the commu- 
nity will say, Amen. 

1761, Bezalael Eager and Jacob Rice, Selectmen of West- 
borough, and Cyprian Keyes and Daniel Hastings, Selectmen of 
Shrewsbury, renewed town bounds. 

Capt. Nathaniel Allen was refunded in 1761 what he paid for, 
his Poll Tax in 1757. 

Also in 1761, the town refunded what the following persons 
were taxed too much for their money at interest, in 1758 and 9. 



Capt. Nathaniel Allen, 
Samuel Bigelow, Jr., 
Jabez Dodge, 
Moses Garfield, 
Joseph Knowlton, Jr., 
Abraham Knowlton, 
William Brewer, Jr., 
Thomas Baker, 
Jotham Howe, 
John Keyes, Esq., 
Daniel Rand, 
Isaac Stone, 
William Taylor, 
Paul Wheelock, 
Jotham Flag-g, 
Aaron Newton, 
Abial Stone, 
Ezra Beaman, 
Jotham Bush, 
Sarah Goodale, 
Cyprian Keyes, Jr. 
Micah Hathan, 
Edward Raymond, 
Jonathan Wheelock, 
Lemuel Kendrick, 
Joel Whittemore, 



Taxed in 1758. Refunded. Taxed in 1759. Refunded 



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36 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 

To the Selectmen, 

I took into my house, Oct. 1, 1761, Sally 
Howe, 1 6 years of age — last from Princeton — her mother is 
dead — I think her father will take good care of her — she is 
lame, and cannot walk without crutches — what her portion of 
dower will be, I am unable to determine at [)resent. 

Cyprian Keyes. 

He must have been a wizzard, if he could, inasmuch as she 
had never been married. 

1 762, laid out a road by land in possession of Silas Witherbee, 
on the North line of the 45th House Lot, now in possession of 
Joshua Townsend, and runs by the Rev. Mr. Morse's and John 
Keyes' land. 

1764. John Crawford, Antipass Bowker, Asa Harris, Phillip 
Munroe, Joseph Bigelow, Stephen Hastings, Levi Goodenow, 
Charles Bigelow, William Crawford, Jonathan VVheelock and 
Elijah Rice petition to draw the money they pay for a school, 
to provide one for themselves. They lived in and near " the 
Ltgy 

1766. This year the 2d Meeting House in the First Parish 
was built, and at a town meeting to make preparations for raising 

it, 

" Voted, To send to Boston for a barrel of rum !" 

1774. At a town meeting in September, 

Voted, To purchase an iron field piece and ammunition for 
the same at the expense, and for the use of the town — it was 
speedily procured, and if never used against an enemy, it served 
by its thunders to rouse the people and rally them for the coming 
conflict. 

That being over and ended, it was brought out occasionally to 
announce festivities and give a zest to public rejoicings. 

At length, on a public occasion, it was required to speak the 
enthusiasm of the bystanders in a more audible voice than it was 
wont to do. To produce so gratifying a result, it was generously 
crammed with powder, and wadded with green grass, most thor- 
oughly rammed in, until it could take no more ; and thus, with an 
overloaded stomach, required to speak. It manifested no dispo- 



HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 37 

position to disappoint its audience, already impatient for bellowing 
oratory, but rather to gratify them again, as it oft had done of 
old, for the honor conferred by being made their speaker — it ac- 
cordingly made an effort and went off at the other end I 

I have met vvidi an e|)itaph, said to have been written on the 
occasion, of which the following is a copy. 
" Alas ! poor Gun ! 
That all for fun, 
Wc bid thee speak, 
When loaded to the muzzle. 
Obedient, but weak. 
Thou did'st tliy best, 
And for the rest, 
Left us witliout a puzzle ! " 
Meaning, we suppose, tiiat they were at no loss to account for 
what had happened. 

1774, at the town meeting last above mentioned, 
" Voted, To have two companies of militia, or training soldiers 
in the South Parish — accordingly the inhabitants present, having 
divided into two parts, chose the following persons as officers to 
each company. 

First company, Mr. Job Gushing, Captain, Nathan Howe and 
Jasper Stone, Lieutenants, Isaac Drury, Ensign — for the second 
company were chosen Mr. Asa Brigham, Captain, Isaac Harring- 
ton and Nathaniel Munroe, Lieutenants, and Samuel Noyes, En- 
sign. The 2d Parish had previously chosen their officers — viz. 
Ezra Beaman, Captain, Ephraim Beatnan and Jonathan Fassett, 
Lieutenants, and Solomon Bigelow, Ensign." 

This was the commencement of there being two companies of 
militia in the tenitory now comprising the town. There con- 
tinued to be two companies for about 50 years, when the South 
company was disbanded for the reason, that a Rifle company, or- 
ganized in the town, had by enlistments so diminished the stand- 
ing companies as to make it expedient, there should be but one. 
The officers of the two companies were chosen by the people 
in conformity to a recommendation of the Provincial Congress — 
previously all military officers were appointed and commissioned 
by the Governor, and their commissions revoked at his pleasure. 



38 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 

But the day of Freedom had began to dawn. The people took 
the appointing power into their own hands. The Provincial Con- 
gress recommended the formation of companies, and the division 
of extensive Regiments, whose officers were to be chosen by 
company officers, as has ever since been the practice regulated 
by law. 

1774, Dec. 27, " Voted unanimously to adopt the association 
(relative to non-importation and non-consumption of British goods) 
recommended by the Continental Congress, and the recommenda- 
tions of the Provincial Congress of the 5lh of Dec, 1774 ; and 
in order to see the same carried into vigorous execution, the fol- 
lowing persons are chosen a Committee of inspection : viz. Phin- 
eas Heywood, Job Cushing, Isaac Temple, Ross Wyman, Cyp- 
rian Keyes, Ezra Beaman, 'Daniel Hemenway, Asa Brigham, 
Isaac Harrington, Amariah Bigelow, Samuel Crosby, Thomas 
Symms, John Hastings, David Taylor, and Jonas Stone — five to 
make a quorum." 

" Voted, That the Collectors of taxes be prohibited from pay- 
ing the outstanding monies in their hands to Harrison Gray, Esq., 
Treasurer, but that they pay the same to Henry Gardner, Esq. of 
Stow — then, 

" Voted, To indemnify the Collectors for so doing." 

Voted, To indemnify the assessors of this town for not asses- 
sing the Province tax, and for neglecting to return a certificate 
thereof to Harrison Gray, as by law required." 

Granted to the Hon. Artemas Ward £ll 10 0, to pay him for 
his services in attending the Provincial Congress at Concord and 
Cambridge in 1774. 

At a town meeting May 23, 1775, Phineas Heywood was 
chosen a Delegate to the Provincial Congress, to be holden at 
Watertown Meeting House the 31st inst. He was excused at 
his own request, and Daniel Hemenway chosen in his stead. 

Voted, That each Parish raise as many men as they can, to 
hold themselves in readiness to reinforce our army near Boston, 
if needed, with such officers as the companies shall think proper. 

Voted, That Phineas Heywood, Isaac Temple, Edward Flint, 
Ross Wyman, and Isaac Harrington, be a committee to examine 



HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. gg 

the Rev. Ebenezer Morse, William Crawford, Jotham Bush, 
Benjamin Fiske, and Timothy Ross, as being suspected of 
Toryism. Adjourned one week. Then met, and tl)e said Com- 
mittee brought in the following report, viz : 

To us, the subscribers, by the best inquiries and the testi- 
mony of what we have had, it appears, that the Rev. Ebenezer 
Morse has in sundry instances, appeared not to be so friendly to 
the common cause, as we could wish ; but rather, in some instan- 
ces, unfriendly. That William Crawford appears to be wholly 
unfriendly to the present opposition of the people to Parliamen- 
tary power, and inclines rather to take up arms in defence of 
the King and Parliament than of the people. 

In regard to Jotham Bush, Benjamin Fiske, and Timothy 
Ross, we have admitted them to sign the association, and recom- 
mend to the town to receive them, upon their faithfully promis- 
ing to do their full and complete proportion of duty to resist and 
repel the King's troops, &,c. The town then 

Voted, That the Committee of correspondence forthwith take 
from said Morse, his arms, ammunition and warlike implements 
of all kinds, to remain in said Committee's hands for the present ; 
and that the said Morse do not pass over the lines of the 2d Par- 
ish in Shrewsbury, on any occasion whatever, without a permit 
from two or more of the Committee of said precinct. 

Voted, That the Committee of correspondence do forthwith 
take from William Crawford, his arms, ammunition and warlike 
implements of all kinds, to be lodged in the hands of said Com- 
mittee for the present ; and further, 

Voted, That said Crawford shall remain within the bounds of 
his own land, except on Sabbath days, and then not go out of 
the Parish in which he lives, unless on those and other days, the 
Committee give him a permit ; this to continue until the town 
shall further liberate him. 

Voted, To accept the acknowledgment of Jotham Bush, Ben- 
jamin Fiske, and Timothy Ross, and receive them again into 
favor. 

Soon after the peace of 1763, coming events began to cast 
their shadows over the land, causing anxiety and alarm, while 



40 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 

through the gloom was seen naught, but impending strife. Our 
fathers, from their pohtical watch lowers, ere its approach, saw 
the coming tempest, and at once, manfully resolved to seize and 
guide the elements, rather than shelter themselves from iheir fury. 
The crisis soon found them assembled in Provincial Congress, 
deliberating on the state of the Province, and adopting measures 
for its defence and safety. There they laid the foundation of 
those future measures, that led to the downfall of arbitrary power, 
and resulted in the freedom of the States. Yet but little \s pub- 
licly known, especially by the younger portion of the community, 
of the preliminary transactions, how they were brought about, 
the time and place, when and where they were matured, with the 
attendant circumstances, that led to tbe emancipation of our 
country; all of which are yet, and always will be, interesting ; 
and were better known through the community in the lifetime of 
those, who participated in the work ; for with them it was a pleas- 
ing and prevailing theme of fireside discourse to their listening 
children. But, our Fathers ! where are they ? Gone. And with 
them, much of the knowledge, which they, and only they pos- 
sessed. Even they outlived much of the record of their proceed- 
ings. A portion of their journal kept at the time, has been pre- 
served, which, with copies of some of their proceedings, that 
afterwards found their way into the public prints, with gleanings 
from old manuscript documents, and other interesting historical 
matter, relating to the early period of the Revolution, was collated 
into one volume, and in 1838, 1500 copies printed by order of 
the Legislature, and distributed among the members of the Court, 
the Executive and Council, to each of the numerous public offices 
several copies, and one to each town. So far, well. But it is, 
to the great body of the people, a sealed book — not within their 
reach, and, its existence, in all probability, not within the knowl- 
edge of one in fifty of the voters. 

Hence, I have thought a brief account of the three Provincial 
Congresses, and of some of their proceedings, with some notice 
of the County Conventions would be interesting to many, and 
have subjoined the following. 



HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 4 1 

On the first day of September, 1774, Gov. Gage issued 
precepts to the several towns, requiring them to choose, and return 
Representatives to the General Court, to be convened at Salem, 
on the fifth day of October then next ; but on the 28th of Sep- 
tember, issued a proclamation, declaring his intention not to meet 
the Legislature at Salem on the fifth of October, on account of 
the tumults and disorders thai had recently taken place, and the 
extraordinary resolves, that had been passed in several of the 
County Conventions, and the instructions given to their Represen- 
tatives by many of the towns ; and therein excused and discharged 
all persons that had been, or might be elected Representatives to 
serve at that Court from giving their attendance. 

Nevertheless, 90 of the Representatives, who did not choose 
to be thus discharged, assembled at Salem Court House at the 
time appointed. Having waited through the day for the Gover- 
nor to attend and administer the customary oaths (n)ore from 
courtesy than any expectation of iiis appearance,) they, on the 
next, formed themselves into a Convention, of which John Han- 
cock was made Chairman, and Benjamin Lincoln, Clerk. 

A Committee was then raised to consider the proclamation, and 
consult on the measures proper to be adopted. The Committee 
reported on Friday, the 7th, and resolutions with a preamble were 
adopted, in which the Governor's proclamation and conduct were 
reviewed, and severely censured. They then resolved them- 
selves into a Provincial Congress, fo be joined by such other per- 
sons as had been, or might be chosen for that purpose ; and 
adjourned to meet at the Court House in Concord, on the Tues- 
day following at 10 of the clock in the forenoon. Previous to 
this the County Conventions had appointed the 2d Tuesday of 
October, as the time, and Concord, as the place, for holding a 
Provincial Congress, and delegates thereto had already been 
chosen in several of the towns, and the election of a full delega- 
tion speedily followed. 

At the time and place appointed, those who had been elected 
Representatives, and those elected Delegates, assembled to the 
number of 293, or rather that was the number deputed, as ap- 
pears from the roll of their names end the towns they represented. 
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42 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY, 

Those from this town, were Artemas Ward, Representative to the 
Court, to have been holden at Salem, and Phineas Hey wood cho- 
sen Delegate to act in conjunction with the Representative. 

The next day they adjourned to the Meeting House in Con- 
cord, and reconsidered the vote passed at Salem, appointing a 
Chairman, and voted to choose a President by written votes. 
Whereupon, John Hancock was thus chosen President, unani- 
mously. And Benjamin Lincoln appointed Secretary. 

On Thursday, the 13th, a Committee on the state of the Prov- 
ince, reported an address to the Governor, which was read, ac- 
cepted and signed by the President, and a Committee of 21 
appointed to wait upon the Governor early the next morning, and 
present the same. 

On the 14th they adjourned to meet at the Court House in 
Cambridge, on Monday next, (17th) at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. 
Where having met according to adjournment, an answer was re- 
ceived from the Governor to the message to him of the 13th. 
On the 1 8th, " Ordered, that the galleries be now cleared, and the 
doors of the house be kept shut, during the debates of Congress, 
until the further order thereof" 

On the 20th, Committees were appointed on various subjects, 
one consisting of 13 members, " to consider what is necessary to 
be now done for the defence and safety of the Province." 

A resolve was reported, and accepted on the 14th, " advising 
the Constables and Collectors of taxes throughout the Province, 
as to any monies in their hands collected on Pj-ovince assessment, 
or any County monies then in their hands, or that might come to 
them, not to pay the same or any part thereof, to Harrison Gray, 
Esq., (Treasurer,) but that they take and observe such orders re- 
specting the same as shall be given them by their several towns." 

Friday, 2lst of October. A preamble, reciting the names of 
several Counsellors and others, who had acted in obedience to 
the late act of Parliament, for altering the civil constitution of 
the Province, was, with several accompanying resolves, read and 
accepted, and ordered to be printed in all the Boston Newspapers. 
The first of which reads thus, 



HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 43 

''Resolved, That the persons aforesaid, who shall not give sat- 
isfaction to this injured Province and Continent, within ten days 
from the publication of this resolve, by causing to be published 
in all the Boston newspapers, acknowledgements of their former 
misconduct and renunciations of the commissions and authority 
mentioned, ought to be considered as infamous betrayers of 
their country ; and that a Committee of Congress be ordered to 
cause their names to be published repeatedly, that the inhabitants 
of this Province, by having them entered on the records of each 
town, as rebels against the state, may send them down to poster- 
ity with the infamy they deserve ; and that other parts of Amer- 
ica may have an opportunity of stigmatizing them in such way, as 
shall effectually answer a similar purpose." 

By another resolve those who complied with the forgoing re- 
quisitions were recommended to favor. 

A non-consumption agreement relative to British and India 
goods, was reported, and accepted — Recommending the total 
disuse of India teas in this Province ; and to the several towns 
to choose Committees to post up in some public place, the names 
of all such in their respective towns, who shall sell or consume so 
extravagant and unnecessary an article of luxury. 

23d. A Committee was appointed "to consider and repoit 
the most proper lime for this Province to provide a stock of pow- 
der, ordnance, and ordnance stores, and that they sit forthwith." 

The Committee quickly reported, " that, in their opinion, now 
is the proper time for the Province to procure a stock of powder, 
ordnance, and ordnance stores." 

The next day, a schedule was reported of what they consid- 
ered necessary to be procured, with an estimate of the expenses. 
To which was added 5000 arms and bayonets. The estimated 
cost of the whole was nearly twenty-one thousand pounds. 

All matters coming under the consideration of Congress, were 
to be kept secret, and not be disclosed to any but the members 
thereof, until further order. 

The most important Committee m regard to matters to be con- 
sidered and reported upon, was that appointed relative to the de- 
fence and safety of the Province ; and which consisted of 1 3 



44 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 

members. A number made memorable then for the fearlessness 
and ability displayed in their report, and subsequently more so, as 
being tlie number of the States that achieved our national 
Independence. 

The Report of that Committee, consisting of a lengthy pream- 
ble, which contains a recital of the grievances under which the 
Province was suffering, and the dangers to which the liberties and 
lives of the people were exposed, was accompanied with several 
resolves, too lengthy for insertion here. Their " report was read, 
and accepted almost unanimously." 

As therein recommended, a Committee of safety was cho- 
sen, consisting of nine, three from Boston and six from the 
Country, by ballot, " Whose business it shall be, most care- 
fully and diligently to inspect and observe all and every such per- 
son and persons as shall at any time attempt or enterprise the 
destruction, invasion, detriment or annoyance of this Province," 
&ic. "The said Committee shall have power, and they are here- 
by directed, any five of them (only one of the five to be fiom 
Boston,) whenever they shall judge it necessary, for the safety 
and defence of the inhabitants of this Province, or their property, 
against such person or persons, to alarm, muster, and cause to be 
assembled with the utmost expedition, and completely armed, 
accoutred and supplied with provisions sufiicient for their sup[)ort 
in their march to the place of rendezvous, such and so many of 
the militia of this Province as they shall judge necessary for the 
ends aforesaid ; and at such place or places, as they shall judge 
proper, and them to discharge as soon as the safety of the Prov- 
ince shall permit." 

" And this body do most earnestly recommend to all the offi- 
cers and soldiers of the militia in this Province, who shall, from 
time to time, during the commission of the said Committee of 
, Safety, receive any and all orders from the said Committee, to 
pay tlie strictest obedience thereto, as they regard the liberties 
and lives of themselves and the people of this Province." 

A Committee of supplies was also raised, " whose duty it was, 
upon the assembling of the militia as aforesaid, to procure and 
furnish provisions for their support, and without delay, from the 



HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 45 

monies in the Province Treasury ; provide so many cannon and 
carriasjes for the same, small arms, and such quantities of ammu- 
nition and ordnance stores as they shall judge necessary, not 
exceeding the value of twenty thousand, eight hundred and thirty 
seven pounds, and to he deposited in such secure places as the 
said Committee of Safety shall direct. And that [ ] be, 

and they hereby are appointed officers to command, lead he, 
such of the militia as shall be mustered, &,c., by order of the 
said Committee of Safety, so long as they shall be retained by 
said Committee ; and no longer. Who shall while in the service 
command in the order they are named." The above blank was 
filled the next day, with the names of Jedediah Preble, Artemas 
Ward, and Seth Pomroy, severally elected by ballot. The for- 
mer did not accept the appointment, or if he did, never appeared 
to take upon himself the command. 

Provision was likewise made for paying the militia, if called 
out. It was "recommended to the several companies of militia, 
who have not chosen and appointed officers, that they meet forth- 
with, and elect officers to command their respective companies, 
and that the officers so chosen, assemble as soon as may be, and 
where they shall judge the limits of the present regiments too 
extensive, that they divide them, determine their limits, and pro- 
ceed to elect Seld officers to command the respective regiments, 
and that the field officers forthwith endeavor to enlist one quarter 
at least, of the respective companies, who shall equip, and hold 
themselves in readiness, on the shortest notice from the said Com- 
mittee of Safety, to march &.c. Each and every company to 
choose a Ca{)tain and two Lieutenants, to command them," &.c. 

Henry Gardner of Stow, was elected Receiver General, — 
whose duty it was, "to receive all such monies, as shoidd be of- 
fered to be paid into his hands, to the use of the Province, by the 
several Constables and Collectors, or other persons, by order of 
the several towns, and give his receipt for the same." 

On the 29th of October, the Congress adjourned to the 23d 
of November, then to meet at the same place, at 10 o'clock in 
the forenoon ; when they again assembled, and continued in ses- 
sion until the 10th day of December following. When the Con- 
gress w'as dissolved by a vote of their own body. 



46 HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY. 

The second Congress was chosen, as recommended by the first, 
and assembled at Cambridge, Feb. 1st, 1775. They recom- 
mended to the Committees of correspondence of the several 
towns, to inquire into the principles and conduct of suspected 
persons, and cause to be disarmed all such as did not give full 
and ample assurances of their readiness to join their countrymen 
on all occasions in defence of the rights and liberties of America. 

A commission was prepared, read and accepted, on the 19th of 
May ; and on the 20th, presented by the President to General 
Artemas Ward, constituting him " Commander in chief of all the 
forces raised by the Congress aforesaid, for the defence of this 
and the other American Colonies." 

This Congress continued in session until May 29, 1775, when 
it was dissolved. 

Two days after, viz, on the 31st of May, 1775, the third 
Provincial Congress convened at the Meeting House in Water- 
town, and continued in session until the 19th day of July, 1775, 
when it was dissolved. 

A standing Committee of Safety, with whom was lodged cer- 
tain powers in the absence of any Congress, co-operated with, 
and held their meetings, as did also a Committee of Supplies, 
near the several Congresses, and kept up a constant communica- 
tion with them, and from time to time received their instructions. 
Their powers and duties were strictly defined ; their duties were 
arduous in the extreme, and in their fulfilment, required a vigi- 
lance, that admitted of no rest day or night. 

Possessing little or nothing to do with, but stout hearts, they 
were suddenly called to provide ways and means to raise, clothe, 
feed, and equip an army of 13,000 men, and prepare them for 
immediate action. 

Town meetings led to County Conventions, and these to the 
formation of Provincial Congresses. 

The first County Convention was that held at Stockbridge on 
the 6th day of July, 1774. The others in the following order. 

Worcester, at Worcester, August 9th, and continued by adjourn- 
ment, to the 31st of that month. Middlesex, at Concord, August 
30th. Suffolk, at Dedham, September 6th. Essex, at Ipswich, 



HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 47 

September 6th. Cumberland, at Falmouth, September 21st. 
Hampshire, at Northampton, September 22d. ; and Plymouth, at 
Plympton, September 26tH. 

The Convention at Worcester, among other things, " recom- 
mended to the several towns to give it in charge to their Consta- 
bles and Collectors, on their ]}cril, not to pay any public monies 
to Harrison Gray, Esq., Treasurer of the Province ; and that 
they indemnify them for paying, where the towns should order 
them to pay." " And that the assessors do not return any lists 
of assessment to said Gray ;" and required the field officers to 
resign their commissions, and publish iheir resignations in the Bos- 
ton iiewspapers. And, 

At an adjournment, chose a Committee to go to the field offi- 
cers of the County, to know the reason, why they had not 
resigned their commissions to the Governor, and published their 
resignations in the Boston newspapers agreeably to a vote of the 
Convention at a former meeting, and demand a categorical an- 
swer, whether they would comj)ly or not, and make report." 
" Recommended to the towns to choose Committees of Inspec- 
tion, to carry into effect the resolves of the Continental Congress," 
(that convened at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774,) saying, " we 
are determined, firmly and religiously, to support and maintain 
our rights, even to the loss of our lives and fortunes, before we 
will dastardly and impiously give up and submit to an arbitrary 
power." 

The Convention divided the County Into 7 Regiments, speci- 
fying the towns, that should compose each, and which underwent 
but little alterations for 50 years. Sonthboro',Westboro', North- 
boro', Shrewsbury, and Grafton, composed the 6th Regiment. 

They recommended to the towns to choose as many military 
officers as were necessary for each town, and those officers then 
to convene and choose field officers. They also recommended to 
the towns to indemnify their Constables for neglecting to return 
to the Court, lists of persons for Jurors. 

Under an expectation, that Governor Gage would send troops 
to Worcester to compel obedience to the Justices of the Supreme 
Court, then about to hold a session there, and protect them in the 



48 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 

discharge of their duiies, the Convention invited the people of the 
County to be present, to resist them. The troops did not make 
their appearance, yet the people assembled to the number of six 
thousand; and the Convention, being in session, "Voted, That 
the body of the people of this County, now in town, assemble on 
the common." The companies of the several towns were under 
officers of their own choosing, and marched in military order. 
They formed in two lines on the common ; and the Royal- 
ist Justices, and officers were made to attend, and compelled to 
pass through the ranks, halting occasionally, to read their declara- 
tions of submission to the public will. 

On the 21st of September, 1774, a Convention of the Black- 
smiths of the County was held at Worcester, and their patriotic 
proceedings, signed by forty three members, were printed, and dis- 
tributed through the County. Ross Wyman of Shrewsbury, 
Chairman. They resolved, that they would not, nor either of 
them do any blacksmith work for the tories, nor for any one in 
their employ, nor for any one, who had not signed the non-con- 
sumption agreement agreed upon, and signed by the Congress at 
Philadelphia ; and requested all denominations of artificers to call 
meetings of their craftsmen, and adopt like measures. The pro- 
ceedings of the several conventions were communicated to, and 
read in the Provincial Congress, which gave free utterance to 
the combined will of the people, so consonant to their own. 

Their ?• ecommendations nnd resolves were received as laws duly 
enacted, and were enforced with a promptitude and zeal, that 
nothing could withstand. 

This brief and imperfect account shows the then state of pub- 
lic opinion, and with what diligence and energy the master spiritg 
labored to put the Province in a condition to repel aggression ; 
nor was the great body of the people a whit behind them. They 
seconded their efforts with a zeal and unanimity never known be- 
fore nor since. 

In this Province, legislation under the Crown had ceased, and, 
as subsequent events proved, had ceased ybrever. 

All power, civil and military, was assumed by the people, and 
by them entrusted to a Provincial Congress, composed, to be sure 



HISTORY OF SHREVVSBLllV. 49 

of cautious, foreseeing men, distinguished for their intelligence 
and inflexible patriotism, yet composing a single body, without a 
co-ordinate branch to check imprudent measures, which as a bal- 
ance wheel, if ever necessary, seemed to be the more so then, as 
under the influence of feelings highly incensed at their country's 
wrongs, and impelled to action by an exasperated constituency, 
they were in eminent danger of being hurried into the adoption 
of rash and ill judged proceedings. This they foresaw. In 
the meantime, tiieir enemies predicted, that whatever they might 
do, the mass of the people would desert them on the first shock, 
and leave them to take care of themselves. 

But, under the smiles of a benignant Providence, they weighed 
well the matters committed to their charge, and, in all their pro- 
ceedings, exercised that cautious prudence, that was equalled only 
by their determination, neither to surrender their chartered rights, 
nor suffer them to be wrested out of their hands. 

The Provincial Congress deemed it expedient to invite the 
Stockbridge Indians to take part with them in the contest; and 
applied to their chief, Solomon Uhhaunnouwaumet, for his and 
their services. They sent him a talk, which they dressed up in 
Indian style. His reply was truly indicative of a son of the for- 
est, and shews that nature, and not art, held the precedence in 
clothing ideas with words. It was as follows : 

" Brothers ! we have heard you speak by your letter. We 
thank you for it. We now make answer." 

" Brothers ! you remember, when you first came over the great 
waters, I was great, and you was little, very small. I then took 
you in for a friend, and kept you under my arms, so that no one 
might injure you. Since that time, we have ever been true 
friends ; there has never been any quarrel between us. 

But now our conditions are changed. You have become great 
and tall. You reach to the clouds. You are seen all round the 
world ; and I am become small, very little. I am not so high as 
your heel. Now you take care of me and I look to you for 
protection." 

" Brothers 1 I am sorry to hear of this great quarrel between 
you and Old England. It appears that blood must soon be shed 
7 



50 mSTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 

to end this quarrel. We never till this day understood the foun- 
dation of this quarrel between you and the country you came 
from." "Brothers ! whenever I see your blood running, you 
will find me about you- to revenge my brother's blood. Although 
I am low and very small, I will gripe hold of your enemy's heel^ 
that he cannot run so fast and so li2;ht, as if he had nothing at his 
heels." 

" Brothers I you know I am not so wise as you are, therefore 
I ask your advice in what I am now guing to say. I have beent 
thinking, before you coine to action,, to take a run to the west- 
ward, and feel the mind of my Indian brethren, the Six Nations, 
and know how they stand ; whether they are on your side, or for 
your enemies. If I find they are against you, I will try to turn 
their minds. I think they will listen to me, for they have always 
looked this way for advice concerning all important news that 
comes from the rising of the sun. If they hearken to me, you' 
will not be afraid of any danger from behind you. 

However their minds are affected, you shall know by me.- 
Now I think, I can do you more service in this way, than by 
marching off immediately to Boston, and staying there ; it may 
be -a great while before blood runs. Now, as 1 said, you are wiser 
than I, 1 leave this for your consideration, whether I come dowii' 
immediately or wait till I hear some blood is spilled." 

'' Brothers ! I would not have you think by this, that we are 
falling back from our engagements. We are ready to do any 
thing for your rehef, and shall be guided by your counsel.'' 

" Brothers ! one thing I ask of you, if you send for me tO' 
fight, that you will let me fight in my own Indian way. I am^ 
not used to fight English fashion. Therefore you must not expect 
1 can train like your men. Only pointout to me where your en- 
emies keep, and that is all I shall want to know." 

When the troops assembled at Cambridge, their number far ex- 
ceeded the means of arming and equi-pping them. 

Manv of them were volimteers in various dresses, without arnis^ 
ammunition, clcihing or provisions. The Selectmen of the sev- 
eral towns were exhorted to purchase, and all, who had them to 
lell, such arms, ^^.3 as could be spared. The number of atma 



HISTORY OF SIIREWSiJURY. 5^ 

apportioned to the Gounty of Worcester to be thus furnished, 
was 514. Of which Slirewsbury, by its Selectmen, was required 
to furnish 22. Persons were specially appointed to receive them 
of the Selectmen of the towns ; and wagons and teams em- 
ployed to convey them, with powder and other warlike imple- 
ments, drawn from the several towns' stock of military stores, to 
the camp at Cambridge, with the utmost despatch. Every thina; 
that would pass for a gun, was put in requisition, ^lany of ihem 
of course, were without bayonets. So speedy was the formation 
of the army, so various the materiel of which it was composed, 
that, in a military view, their discipline and dress were on a par 
with each other. Not even the General officers had so much as a 
badire to distinguish them from the privates in the ranks. 

Hence, they were often stopped by the Sentinels, when going 
the rounds to make discoveries, and see whether those on duty 
were vigilant and at their posts. 

This led to an order from the commanding General, that for 
the prevention of the like in future, officers of the highest grade 
should wear a red ribbon over the right shoulder and under the 
left arm. The next in rank, a red ribbon over the left shoulder 
and under the right arm. The next a 6/ueribbcn over the right 
shoulder and under the left arm. And so on in this manner, the 
different grades of officers were distinguished and known by the 
color of their ribbon and the manner of wearing it. 

Behold, several thousand men, with their officers, all thus ac- 
coutred and dressed in garments of every cut, and of as many 
colors as were contained in Joseph's coat, drawn up for review ! I 
speak not this by way of ridicule. Far from it. But rather to 
shew the necessities of the times, and the disadvantages in which, 
on their part, our fathers began the contest. 

These were temporary privations ; they possessed what more 
than counterbalanced them. Resolute hearts and unyielding pa- 
triotism. One spirit animated the whole army, and by degrees 
improvements followed, that rendered their appearance more in 
unison with their valor. 

Many of the field officers, though serving, were not commis- 
sioned at the time of the battle on Bunker Hill. Gen. Ward 



52 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 

received Ills comniisslon in less than one month previous to that 
event. The detachment, sent, the evening before that battle, to 
fortify Bunker Hill, mistook their orders, or, from some other 
cause, were induced to proceed to Breed's Hill, another eminence, 
nearer the enemy's works and heavy shipping. 

Thus, while more in danger of an immediate attempt by the 
British tci dislodge them, they were more remote from head 
quarters ; and, what of itself alone was of no small consequence, 
they were at an increased distance from Charlestown necTt, over 
which they must return in their retreat, if repulsed, ex[)0sed to 
the near and raking fire of the British shipping on either side, 
and which would naturally take their position there for that pur- 
pose, as speedily as possible, to cut them off, as well as to pre- 
vent reinforcements coming to their aid. 

Nevertheless their ardor and resolution impelled them onward ; 
they sought to beard the British lion in his den, and they did it* 
leaving chances to what might follow. 

They took possession of Breed's Hill, and in the course of the 
night threw up a fortification. The morning light disclosed to the 
British this near and bold approach, so suddenly and unexpectedly 
made within the reach not only of their shipping in the back bay, 
adjoining Charlestown, but of their batteries erected on Copps' 
Hill, Boston, all of which soon opened their fire upon them, and 
in the mean time a portion of the troops in Boston were put 
under marching orders to the water side, to be passed in boats to 
Charlestown, to drive them from tlie hill. 

In a few hours after succeeded that eventful batde, the partic- 
ulars of which have so often been written in late years, as to make 
it unnecessary to give the details here. 

Yet I may say, had it been done at an earlier period, much 
interesting, and, in a historical point of view, important informa- 
tion, now lost, might have been preserved, and not a little of that 
ink-shed and controversy, whether Col. Putnam was or was not 
in that batde, have been prevented, and justice done to all in 
their life time. 

If there had been any, at an earlier period, disposed to ques- 
tion facts, or cast imputations upon those concerned there at that 



HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 53 

time, the living would have defeiided themselves, and the means 
to do it would have been at hand. Insinuations and partial 
statements reflecting upon the honorable dead, which no man 
lisped in their life time, can proceed only from such as seek t^ 
obtain notoriety for the discovery of what nobody ever knew be- 
fore ; and it is worse than ingratitude in those, who, in subsequent 
times and while enjoying the fruits for which they never toiled, 
to detract from the merits and well earned fame of their bene- 
factor after the earth has closed over him. 

Although the battle was fought on Breed's Hill, it ever has 
been and no doubt always will be called Bunker Hill battle. 
This may have happened from the fact that the detachment was 
ordered to proceed to Bunker Hill and fortify it. 

Some things connected with that event I well remember to 
have heard my grandfather. General Ward, then commanding at 
Cambridge, relate, in conversation with his neighbors and others, 
in the latter part of his life. On such occasions, revolutionary 
events were often brought up to view and talked over with an 
absorbing interest ; and many interesting details related, iheji 
seemingly well understood. Of one particular, 1 feel it no less 
an act of justice than of duty to give some account, inasmuch as 
at this day some appear to be at a loss to account for the reason, 
that General Ward did not, when repeatedly pressed for that 
purpose, and while the battle was raging, send reinforcements 
from Cambridge to their relief, and which they think, or seem to 
think, had he promptly done, might have, and for ought we know, 
would have enabled the Provincials to retain possession of the 
field. Had he done so, what might have been the consequence 
can never be told. But one thing is certain, could they have 
done it, no permanent advantage would have resulted from it. 
At the conversations alluded to, there was no occasion for ex- 
planations. The recitals were not to satisfy doubts, but merely 
historical of the circumstances connected with what took place on 
that day, and the precautions that were adopted to guard against 
being circumvented by the enemy. 

He said, " the detachment ordered to Bunker Hill had impru- 
dently (I do not recollect, that in disobedience of orders) exposed 



54 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 

themselves in proceeding so far." As some of the Committee of 
Safety accompanied the detachment, they might have ordered it 
to Breed's Hill, before or after arriving at Bunker's, for reasons 
good and sufficient in their opinion. Tiie commanding General 
and all military movements were, by the Provincial Congress, 
made subject to the orders of that Committee. " That when he 
learnt they were attacked by a detachment of British troops, who 
had passed over in boats from Boston, he considered it 2i feint on 
the part of the British to draw the main army from head quarters 
at Cambridge to the battle ground, and then, the larger portion of 
their troops being still in Boston, to push them across the river, 
land them at Leechmere's Point, and proceed directly to Cam- 
bridge, destroy the magazines there and close the avenue at 
Charlestown Neck, whereby the Provincials would be inclosed 
within the Peninsula of Charlestown, where, by reason of small 
supplies of amunition and subsistence, they could not long hold 
out ; that by proceeding to Breed's Hill, the attack upon them 
was sooner than he expected, and before they could be provided 
for as was intended ; that a vigilant look out was kept up towards 
Boston and opposite Leechmere's Point, from an expectation that 
a sudden embarkation would take place there for head quarters at 
Cambridge, and the main battle be fought there ; that he always 
considered the attack on the hill intended as a/cin^,and the principal 
reason, why an embarkation for Cambridge did not take place, 
arose from the repeated repulses of the first body of troops sent 
over to Charlestown, and which being seen from Boston, occa- 
sioned so large a reinforcement to be sent to their relief, that the 
main object was thereby defeated." 

Tiiose brave men fighting on the hill stood in need of succor, 
and no doubt would have received it could it have been given 
without risking too mnch. 

The first shock had come ; caution was as necessary as valor ; 
stratagem is the well known concomitant of war. Had the 
greater portion of the army been drawn within the Peninsula of 
Charlestown, there is reason to think the second detachment of 
the British troops, instead of going to the relief of the first, would 
have been sent in another direction, and have accomplished their 
object before the Provincials, by that time at the Eastern ex- 



HISTORY OF SHREWSBURV. 55 

tremity of Cliarlestown, could have returned to prevent it ; their 
attempt to do so vvoald have heen checked by pursuers, and, in 
all probability, before they could have recrossed the neck, they 
would have met ihe other detachment Bushed with success ; liius 
hemmed in, their situation would have been depforable, but what 
was of greater consequence, with the overthrow of the army, and 
that too in the outset and first encounter, hope rtself would have 
fled, the country would have been paralyzed, the peat struggle 
for freedom would have ended, when it began, while the gibbet 
for some, and slavery for the rest, would have closed the scene. 

When it was ascertained that a reinforcement of British troops 
had been sent over to Cliarlestown, and their disposable force int 
Boston thereby so reduced as to make an attack upon' head 
quarters improbable, reinforcements were ordered from Cam- 
bridge. Col. Jonathan Ward, then stationed at No. 4, was di- 
rected, as appears by the GeneraFs Orderly Book, to march his 
regiment VTith the utmost despatch, by the way of Leechmere's 
Point* to Chartestown, keeping a strict look out towards Boston, 
while on his march. It is. known tbtU this regiment did not reach 
its place of destination. 

Col. Ward, with his regiment, havirhg nearly reached Chailes- 
town Neck, there met a gentleman (said to have been Dr. Ben- 
jamin Church, one of the Committee of Safety, and who after- 
wards proved himself a traitor) coming from Charlcstown on 
horseback, who inquired of Col. Ward to what point he was 
marching his regiment. To the hill, was the answer. " Have 
you not had counter orders?" "I have not." ''You will have 
soon. Halt here." The regiment advanced no further. Some 
few found means to leave it and cross the neck, but soon met the 
Provincials retreating. Capt. Aaron Smith, of this town, who 
was in that battle, and died at the age of 89, in 1S25, related the 
foregoing to me, about a year before his deatb, and which he said 
was told him by one who said he was an eye and ear witness to 
what passed and took place between Col. Ward and the persoit 
on horseback. Smith was in the service most of the revolutionary 

• It was here the detachment of British troops, sent to destroy the Provinclai 
Aiilitary storea at Concord, l.inded in the niyhttime from the Boston side. 



56 HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 

war, and had been a soldier in the. French war. Those times) 
furnished themes on which it was his deliglu to dwell. Being 
intelligent, and a close observer of men and things, his relation of 
the buttles in which he had been engaged, where and under what 
circumstances fought, and the exciting scenes through which he 
passed while in the service, never failed to interest the listening 
ear. On one occasion, when relating the manner in which he 
jiassed the sentry on Charlestown Neck, and reached the en- 
campment early in the morning; how he fought at the rail fence 
behind a breast work of fresh mown grass, and of a man at his 
side, a negro, so crippled by a shot in the leg that he could 
not rise up to discharge his gtm, but could load and re-load, which 
he continued to do, both Smith's and his own, and then hand 
them to Smith to fire, until their ammunition was expended, when 
he undertook to carry the negro ofl'the field on his back, but wag 
obliged to leave him to his fate, and in the retreat had his gun- 
slock, while in his hands shattered by a ball. Having related 
this much and more, I inquired of him, with a view to ascertain 
his understanding of the matter, why reinforcements were not 
sent from Cambridge? He replied, " It was expected the enemy 
would come over from Boston, and landing at the point, make an 
attack upon head quarters." 

That was the first and among the most sanguinary battles fought 
during the Revolution. Every thing relating to it, however 
trifling, is matter of interest. 

All entrusted with public duties relating to the field were held 
responsible for the fulfilment of their duty, and though great al- 
lowances were probably made on account of existing circum- 
stances, yet officers of high rank were cashiered for misconduct 
on that day. VVliat public policy seemed to require, public 
opinion was sure to enforce, and such as failed in their duty were 
called to an account regardless of rank, favor or affection. 

The Continental Congress, having been applied to by the 
Provincial Congress for advice on account of the embarrassments 
attending the want of an established government in this province;/ 
recommended to the Provincial Congress to request the several 
towns to choose Repi'esentatives to a General Court, and the 
rcprescntaiivcs, when assembled to choose counsellors as unde? 



HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 57 

tiie charter — the Assembly and Counsellors to exercise the 
powers of Government. Tliis was immediately complied with, 
and representatives from the several towns assembled at Water- 
town, on the 19th day of July, 1775, and organized a Govern- 
ment, as recommended, by choosing Counsellors, who exercised 
the Executive power — they made appointments, civil and mili- 
tary, and issued commissions, signed by a majority of their Board 
— the Provincial Congress was dissolved on the same day. 

A House of Representatives was thereafter chosen annually, 
and annually chose a Council, until the year 1779, when a Con- 
vention, chosen for that purpose, framed the present Constitution 
of this State. 

Tiiose who care to know something of the debt of gratitude 
they owe to a superintending Providence, and to the memory of 
the Patriots of the Revolution, for the privileges tlicy now enjoy, 
should think on these things. 

' ' DELEGATES. 

T-. • • 1 i-i 1, ^ Flon. Artemas Ward, 

T.0 the first Provincial Conjrress, i ' i4, ^ ^. . ,, , 

*= ' ' ( Phuieas liaywaid. 

To the second " '•' 1775, Hon. Artemas V/ard. 

To the third " *' 1775, Daniel Hcmenway. 

To Convention to frame Constitution of ? p. • 1 1 1 

/• Daniel Heinenway. 
Massachusetts, 1779, 3 

To Convention 1739, at adoption of Con- > Capt. Isaac liarring- 
stitution of United States, S ton. 

To do. 1824, to revise do. of Mass., Nathan Pratt. 

A direct tax of two millions of dollars was laid by an act of 

Congress, in 1798, and apportioned as follows, viz : 

Dolls. Cts. M. I Dolls. Cts. M. 

New Hampshire, 77,705 36 2 Delaware, 30,430 79 2 

Massachusetts, 260,435 31 2 Maryland, 152,599 95 4 

Rhode Island, 37,502 08 Virginia, 315,488 66 5 

Connecticutt, 129,707 00 2 Kentucky, 37,643 99 7 

Vermont, 46,364 18 7 North Carolina, 193,697 96 5 

New York, 181,630 70 7 Tennesee, 18,806 S3 3 

New Jersey, 9S,3S7 25 3 South Carolina, 112,997 73 9 

Pennsylvania, 237,177 72 7 | Georgia, 38,314 87 5 



58 HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY. 

For the valuation, assessment and collection of her part of the 
tax, Massachusetts was hy that Act allotted into nine divisions, of 
which the County of Worcester comprised the seventh. 

A Commissioner for each division was appointed by the Presi- 
dent — the nine Conmiissioners constituted a Board for tlie 
transaction of business, and were empowered to divide the Slate 
into a suitable and convenient number of asscssmait Districts, and 
within each District to appoint one Principal Assessor and such 
number of Assistant Assessors as in their opinion necessary. 

Of the number of assessment Districts in the seventh Division, 
the towns of Shrewsbury, Norlhboro' and Boylston, constituted the 
seventeenth assessment District, of which Thomas W. Ward was 
appointed Principal Assessor; Jonah Howe, Antipass Brigham, 
of Northboro', and Aaron Sawyer, of Boylston, Assistant Asses- 
sors. 

The act required them to value and enumerate the dwelling 
houses, lands, &c., in their respective Districts ; authoiized them 
to require lists of the same, to be furnished to them by the per- 
sons ov/ning or possessing them, and the names of such persons, 
[the lists to specify, in respect to dwelling houses, their situation, 
their dimensions or area, their number of stories, the number and 
dimensions of their iciiidoivs, the materials of wliich they were 
built, &.C.,] and on failure of the owners and occupants to furnish 
such lists, the Assessors themselves were to make them out, or 
in other words to doom the delinquents — all to be taken as on the 
first day of October, 1798. So much as is included in brackets was 
repealed soon after the passage of the act. 

They were then to assess the same, and transmit their proceed- 
in[i;s to the Commissioners — property exempted by the law of 
the State from taxation, not to be assessed, nor dwelling houses, 
the valuation of which did not exceed one hundred dollars. 
Clergymen and their property being exempted from taxation by 
the laws of Massachusetts, were not assessed for their dwelling 
houses or lands — nevertheless, their houses and lands were enu- 
merated and valued as those of others. 

From the Assessors' return to the Commissioners of their pro- 
ceedings under the aullioiity and b}' \''n-[ue of lire above mentioned 



HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 



59 



acl, I extract the follow ing, wiiich relates to tliis town, and, as 
showing; the number of houses and the names of the owners and 
occu[)ants at that time, will be interesting to inany, and affords 
matter for reflection to all. 
Names of Occupants of Houses 

IN SHREWSBURT, Oct. ], 1798, 

Jonathan Adams, 
Silas Allen, 



EInalhan Allen, 

John Bragg, 

lleuben I3akcr, 

John Baker, 

David Bri2;ham, 

Samuel Brighani, 

George Brown, 

John Bellows, 

IJumphrey Bigclow, 

Phillip Crosby, 

Col. Job Cushing, 

Jonathan Cutler, 

Daniel Cook, 

Jonathan Dean, 

Caleb Drury and Joel Drury, 

Abijah Drury, 

Benjamin Eddy, 

Lewis Eager, 

Edward Flint, 

Charles Fay, 

Benjamin Goddard, 

Daniel Goddard and Lutlie 

Goddard, 
Uriah Hunt, 
Abel Goulding, 
John Green, 
Nathaniel Green, 
Joshua Henshaw, Esq., 
Martin Smith, 



' Namf.s of Reputed Owners of 
\ Houses, Oct. 1,1798. 

I Jonathan Adams, 
; Silas Allen, 
I Elnathan Allen, 
; John Bragg, 

Reuben Baker, 
John Baker, 

David Brighani, 

Samuel Brighani, 

George Brown, 

John Bellows, 

Humphrey Bigelow, 

Beriah Brastor, 

Col. Job Cushing, 

Jonathan Cutler, — 

Daniel Cook, 

Jonathan Dean, 

Caleb Drury and Joel Drury, 

Abijah Drury, 

Benjamin Eddy, 

Lewis Eager, 

Edward Flint, 

Charles Fay, 

Benjamin Goddard, 

Daniel Goddard and Luther 

Goddard, 
Luther Goddard, 
Abel Goulding, 
John Green, 
Nathaniel Green, 
Joshua Henshaw, Esq., 
Joshua Henshaw, Esq., 



GO 



HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 



Ainasa Hoklen, 

Daniel Holdcii, 

Timothy llovvaixl, 

Nathan iJowe, 

Gideon Howe, 

Jonah Howe, 

Joab Hapgood, 

Silas Hemenvvay, 

Jonas Herr.envvay, 

Thomas Harrington and Daniel 

Harrington, 
Isaac Harrington, 
Elijah Harrington, 
Joseph Hastings, 
Jonas Hastings, 
Nathaniel Hey wood, 
Thomas Harlow, 
Sarah Henshaw, 
Dennis Howe, 
Daniel Johnson, 
Stephen Johnson, 
Phillip Johnson and David John 

son, 
Joseph B. Jennison and Samue 

Jennison, 
Joseph Knowlton, 
Paul Knowlton, 
Abraham Knowlton, 
Thomas Knowlton, 
William Knowlton, 
Ebenezer Kingsbury, 
Isaac Drury, 
Thomas Miles, 
Nathaniel Munroe, 
Aaron Munroe, 
Asa Mixer, 
Daniel Maynard, 
Seth Maynard, 



Amasa Holden, 

Daniel Holden, 

Timothy Howard, 

Nathan Howe, 

Gideon Howe, 

Jonah Howe, 

Joab Hapgood, 

Silas Hemenway, 

Jonas Hemenway, 

Thomas Harrington and Daniel 
Harrington, 

Isaac Harrington, 

Elijah Harrington, 

Joseph Hastings, 

Jonas Hastings, 

Nathaniel Hcywood, 

Thomas Harlow, 

Sarah Henshaw, 

Dennis Howe, 

Daniel Johnson, 

Stephen Johnson, 

Phillip Johnson and David John- 
son, 

Joseph B. Jennison and Samuel 
Jennison, 

Joseph Knowlton, 

Paul Knowlton, 

Abraham Knowlton, 

Thomas Knowlton, 

William Knowlton, 

Ebenezer Kingsbury, 

Elisha Keyes, 

Thomas Miles, 

Nathaniel Munroe, 

Aaron Munroe, 

Asa Mixer, 

Daniel Maynard, 

Seth Maynard, 



HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY. 



61 



Benjamin Mayiiard, 

Simon INIayiiard, 

John iNIason, 

Al)raiiarii IMunroe, 

Daniel Noyes, 

Samuel Noyes, 

David Nelson, 

IMaj. Calvin Newton, 

Solomon Newton, 

Asa Newton, 

Seth Pratt, 

Elnatlian Pratt, 

John Peirks, 

John Peirks, Jr., 

Hollis Parker, / 

Ithamar Parker, ^ 

Jonathan Plympton, 

Elzaphan Plympton, 

Levi Pease, 

Jonathan Bruce, 

John Rice, 

John Rice, Jr., 

Col. Asa Rice, 

Elisha Keyes 

Solomon Rand and Jasper 

Rand, 
Gideon Ridei-, 
Aaron Smith and Ashbcl 

Smith, 
Samuel Smith, 
Lewis Smith, 
Dea. Jonas Stone, 
Jonathan Stone and Jonas 

Stone, Jr., 
Daniel Stone, 
Josiah Stone, 
Joseph Stone, 
Daniel Smith, 



Benjamin Maynard, 

Simon Maynard, 
John Mason, 

Abraham Munroe, 

Daniel Noyes, 

Samuel Noyes, 

David Nelson, 

Joseph Nurse, 
\ Solomon Newton, 

Asa Newton, 

Seth Pratt, 

EInathan Pratt, 

John Peirks, 

John Peirks, Jr., 

HoUis Parker, 

Ithamar Parker, 
, Jonathan Plympton, 

Elzaphan Plympton, 

Levi Pease, 

Seth Pratt, 

John Rice, 

John Rice, 

Col. Asa Rice, 
\ Elijah Rice, 

Solomon Rand and Jasper 
Rand, 

Gideon Rider, 

Aaron Smith and Ashbel Smith, 
Samuel Smith, 
Lewis Smith, 
Dea. Jonas Stone, 
Jonathan Stone and Jonas 

Stone, Jr., 
Daniel Stone, . 
Josiah Stone, 
Joseph Stone, 
Daniel Smith, 



62 



HISTORY OF SIIREWSliURY. 



Daniel Sniitlij Jr., 
Jasper Stone, 
George Slocoinb, 
Rev. Josejili Sumner, 
William Jennison, 
Harvey Maynard, 
Jedediah Tucker, 
Joseph S. Temple, 
James Alexander, 
Timothy Underwood, 
Hon. Artemas Ward and 

Thomas W. Ward, 
George Parker, 
Gershom Wheelock, 
Timothy Wheelock, 
Thomas Whitney, 
Jason Ware, 
Artemas Wheeler, 
Aaron Wheeler, 
Ross Wyman, 
Seth Wyman, 



\ Daniel Siuiili, Jr., 
\ Jasper Stone, 
I George Sloconib, 
/ Rev. Joseph Sumner, 

Samuel Sumner, 
\ Joseph Slonc 

Jedediah Tucker, 
J Joseph S. Temple, 
\ William Thompson, Boston, 
5 Timothy Underwood, 

,' 

Hon. Artemas Ward, 
'i Hon. Artemas Ward, 

Gershom Wheelock, 

Timothy Wheelock, 
\ Thomas Whitney, 

Jason Ware, 

Artemas Wheeler, 

Aaron Wheeler, 

Ross Wyman, 

Ross Wyman. 



120 



Names of repdted Owners of Houses of value less than one 
hundred dollars, oct. 1, 1798. 



$'60 > Ephraim Lyon, |40 

50 j Ebenezer iMann, 40 

20 I Daniel Mixer, 70 

GO J Jonathan Newton, 60 

75 I Shephard Pratt, 70 

75 Silas Wheelock, 60 

50 Ezra Wheelock, 20 

40 Joshua Wheelock, 20 

77 \ Ross Wyman, 40 

All slaves were assessed 50 cents each, who were above 12, and 

under 50 years of age, except such, as from fixed infirmity or 

bodily disability, were incapable of labor. 

The effect of this upon the slave-holding States was greatly to 
enhance the amount of their proportion of the two million tax. 



Daniel Baker, 
Benjamin Bush, 
Joseph Davis, 
Ebenezer Garfield, 

Mary Garfield, 
Jonathan Harrington, 
Arunah Harlow, 
Martin Newton, 



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In tlie early stage of the Revolution, the Provincial Congres- 
ses, by urgent recommendations, enjoined upon the several towns 
not only unusual duties, but the exercise of extraordinary power, 
even the Judicial power within their own limits. Their votes 
were laws, and the Selectmen and Committees of Correspond- 
ence enforced them promptly and effectually. 

Although distinct in their ofScia! capacity, the latter were 
composed in part, not unfrequently, of the former; as Commit- 
tees of Correspondence, they, under the direction of the town, 
entered the dwellings of their townsmen, if Tories, (and who 
were Tories each town was sole judge for itself,) and took from 
them their arms, ammunition and other warlike stores, confined 
them to their farms, parish or town limits, and even in jail, as di- 
rected by the town, and from its decision there was no appeal. 
Hence the duties devolving on the town authorities, at this period, 
were arduous and complicated, requiring of them in their per- 
formance constant service and unyielding firmness. As Select- 
men, they were required, in behalf of the town, to provide and 
equip, from time to time, the town's quota of men, and furnish 
supplies of clothing and provisions for the army, and also for the 
support of the families of those who had gone to fight the bat- 
tles of their country. And nobly, and to the extent of their 
power, did they perform that duty. At length, as demands for 
men and means increased, supplies decreased, until they were in 
a condition not unlike the Israelites of old, when required to make 
brick without straw, yet like them, they and their constituents 
persevered, trusting in God, and the righteousness of their cause, 
and triumphed at last ; unlike them, however, in this, that in- 
stead of leaving the Egyptians behind them, they drove them, out 
of the country. 

The office of Selectman then was one of great labor, and, 
while the knowledge of the extent of that labor is fast passing 
away, a recurring thought to those trying times may serve to keep 
in remembrance the names and services of those to whom pos- 
terity is so much indebted. 

With the exception of two years, the number of Selectmen 
in this town has been five: in 1776 there were seven, but as re- 



8g HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 

sponsibility thereby became weakened, and a quorum for the 
transaction of business less easily obtained in an emergency, five 
were thought to be better than more. 

The North Parish, having been incorporated into a town, by 
the name of Boylston, on the first day of March, 1786, only thret 
Selectmen were chosen that year. For many years, and until 
the division of the town, three of the Selectmen were of the 
South and two of the North Parish ; the first, and generally the 
ttiird and fifth belonging to the former, and the second and fourth 
to the latter ; of the three Assessors, the second was of the 
North Parish. 

At the March meeting in 1787, a violent contest came on, 
and great was the strife exhibited in the choice of town officers. 
One day was spent in choosing a Moderator, Clerk, and Select- 
men. At the adjourned meeting, the town voted to reconsider 
choosing those for Selectmen, and proceeded to choose another 
Board, which having done, they again adjourned, and at the next 
adjourned meeting all the Selectmen last chosen and the Clerk 
resigned their offices, and another Board, with all the usual town 
cfiicers, was then chosen. 

The probable cause of this difficulty was, that votes had been 
cast by some, who had been, by a then recent act of the Legis- 
lature, disqualified from voting, on account of their participauon 
in the rebellion, which broke out in August, 1786, headed by 
Daniel Shays. 

A large majority of the towns in this county and a majority 
of the voters in this town favored his views and not a few of them 
took up arms to compel the Government to redress their 
grievances. 

This town was appointed the place of rendezvous for the in- 
surgents, and here they assembled in large bodies, under arms, 
from various parts of the county. The town wore the appear- 
ance of a military camp ; drilling of men, marching and coun- 
termarching up and down the principal streets in the town, ac- 
companied by martial music and the rattling of arms, produced 
an alarm for the safety of our infant institutions. 



HISTORY OP SHREWSBURY. §7 

The town magazine was broken open, and a portion of the 
town's stock of ammunition carried away ; a massive body of 
lead belonging to the town, and in the custody oi Col. Job 
Gushing, and by him used as a weight in drawing water from a 
well, was stolen and secreted for a short time in Daniel Holden's 
barn, when he, with another person, fearful of a discovery if it 
remained there, took it in a sleigh, in the night time, to Long 
Pond, and sunk it through a hole cut in the ice. This circum- 
stance, known then to but few, has not probably been generally 
known to this day. No discovery was made of the offenders, 
notwithstanding the town otiered a reward for that purpose. 
Sonie years after, Holden, from being a partizan in that cause, 
exerted himself against his old friends, and was said to have put 
more than one vote into the ballot box for the choice of Repre- 
sentative at the May meeting, in J 792, whereby the result of the 
election was conformable to his endeavors and wishes ; of this al- 
leged fraud he was accused on the spot in town meeting, by 
some of those against whom he acted. They afterwards com- 
plained of him to the Grand Jury, and procured him to be in- 
dited therefor. He was acquitted on trial, but whether guilty or 
not has been matter of doubt, for he had been strongly suspected 
of having done the like when acting in concert with his accusers. 
From that period animosity gradually subsided in town; the fire, 
that once blazed so fearfully, was in a short time nearly extin- 
guished, and at length, by common consent, the brands being 
raked together and the ashes carefully drawn over them, peace 
and quietness returned. 

By the lapse of time the events of that period have become 
so remote as to be generally known only as matter of historv ; as 
such, though a delicate subject, they should not be passed over in 
silence, in giving a faithful, though brief, account of the rise and 
growth of the town, and the events in which it has shared its 
part in common with others. 

Of the twenty-three citizens of this county, who were indicted 
for treason, only one was from this town. He immediately left 
the State, and did not return until an act of amnesty was granted 
to all who had been concerned in the rebellion. Eighty were 



gg HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. 

indicted for treasonable practices, of whom there were none be- 
longing here. 

The hite WilHam Lincohi, Esquire, of Worcester, in his his- 
tory of that town, lias furnished an authentic and interesting ac- 
count of the origin, progress and termination of that rebellion ; 
the particulars of which should be known to all. They consti- 
tute an interesting, though painful, portion of Massachusetts his- 
tory. A knowledge of the past is essential to the well being of 
the future. 

I therefore trust I shall be pardoned by the reader for intro- 
ducing him shordy to that collection of facts embodied by Mr. 
Lincoln, relating to the rebellion, and which he will find on the 
following pages. 

In that way, while I hope to extend information important to 
be known, I shall relieve myself of the unenviable task of treat- 
ing at length on a matter of great delicacy. 

The Constitution of the United States was adopted in 1789, 
on the part of this State, by Delegates assembled in Convention. 
The majority for adopting it was fourteen. This town, by its 
Delegate, voted in the negative on that question. 

A large majority of the Delegates from the towns in Worces- 
ter, Hampshire and Berkshire County voted against its adoption, 
but the question being carried in the afiirmative, and ceriain 
amendments having been agreed upon to be recommended to be 
made a part of that instrument, a good degree of harmony pre- 
vailed to give it a fair trial. 

Nevertheless, so great was the disagreement on this question, 
both in and out of the Convention, that two political parties soon 
grew out of it. Those in flavor of the Constitution were denom- 
inated Federalists, and those opposed to it. Anti-federalists. 

Hence the origin of political parlies in this country, and which, 
whatever phases they have undergone, and by whatever names 
they have been designated, now, as then, differ in their construc- 
tion of the extent of power granted in that instrument. Vary- 
ing constructions have produced varying measures, as the differ- 
ent parties ha\e had the ascendancy. And such, in all proba- 
bility, will ever be the case. That the basis of disagreemeajt 



HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY. §9 

will rest on the construction that should and ought to be given to 
the Constitution. 

Parties, merely as such, are not injurious to the pubh'c weal ; 
they are, in the calm exercise of their rights, a public benefit — a 
blessing to any country. By gentle agitation they as much pre- 
serve the body politic from stagnation, as do the gentle breezes of 
the heavens prevent our ponds, by agitating their surfaces, from 
becoming living masses of putrefaction and corruption. Parties 
serve to purify the political atmosphere, as the winds do the air 
we breathe. 

Without winds the trees would be short lived and of stinted 
growth ; exercise is essential to their existence ; nor without 
them would vessels be wafted to their destined ports. Would it 
be wise in us then to dispense with them, if in our power, merely 
because they sometimes, in their fury, endanger our property, 
and even our lives? The elements will have their freaks, and 
who shall say to party spirit, thus far thou may go, but no 
farther? 

Without parties, no human government could long endure. It 
is only when party spirit is lashed into a frenzy, that it becomes 
dangerous by reason of its ungovernable fury. 



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INSURRECTION. 

FROM LINCOLN'S HISTORY OF WORCESTER. 

The struggles of the Revolution had scarce terminated, before 
disturbances arose among the people, which, in their progress, 
brought the Commonwealth to the very verge of ruin. 

Could the existence of insurrection and rebellion be effaced 
from memory, it would be wanton outrage to recall from oblivion 
the tale of misfortune and dishonor. But those events cannot be 
forgotten: they have floated down in tradition; ihey are recount- 
ed by the winter fire-side, in the homes of New England : they 
are inscribed on roll and record in the archives and annals of the 
State. History, the mirror of the past, reflects, with painful 
fidelity, the dark as well as the bright objects from departed years, 
and although we may wish to contemplate only the glowing pic- 
ture of patriotism and prosperity, the gloomy image of civil 
commotion is still full in our sight, shadowing the back ground 
with its solemn admonition. 

The investigation of the causes of the unhappy tumults of 
J 786, does not belong to the narrative of their local effects on 
one of the principal scenes of action. But it would be great in- 
justice to omit the statement, that circumstances existed, which 
palliate, though they do not justify, the conduct of those who 
took up arms against the government of their own establishment. 
After eight years of war, Massachusetts stood, with the splendor 
of triumph, in republican poverty, bankrupt in resources, with no 
revenue but of an expiring currency, and no metal in her treas- 
ury more precious than the continental copper, bearing the de- 
vices of union and freedom. The country had been drained by 
laxation for the support of the army of independence, to the ut- 



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most iimit of its means; public credit \\ as extinct, manners had 
become relaxed, trade decayed, manufactures lauguisliing, paper 
money depreciated to uortlilessness, claims on the nation accu- 
mulated by the commutation of the pay of officers for securities, 
and a heavy and increasing pressure of debt rest-ed on Common- 
wealth, corporations, and citizens. The first reviving efforts of 
commerce overstocked the markets with foreign luxuries and su- 
perfluities, sold to those who trusted to the future to supply the 
ability of payment. The temporary act of 17S2, making prop- 
erty a tender in discharge of pecuniary contracts, instead of the 
designed remedial effect, enhanced the evils of general insolven- 
cy, by postponing collections. The outstanding demands of the 
royalist refugees, who had been driven from large estates and 
extensive business, enforced with no lenient forbearance, came in 
to increase the embarrassments of the deferred pay day. At 
length, a flood of suits broke out. In 1784, more than 2000 
actions were entered in the County of Worcester, then having a 
population less than 50,000, and in 1785, about 1700. Lands 
and goods were seized and sacrificed on sale, when the general 
difficulties drove away purchasers. Amid the universal distress, 
artiul and designing persons discerned prospect for advancement, 
and fomented the discontent by inflammatory publications and se- 
ditious appeals to every excitable passion and prejudice. The 
Constitution was misrepresented as defective, the administratioa 
as corrupt, the laws as unequal and unjust. The celebrated pa- 
pers of Honestus directed jealousy towards the judicial tribunals, 
and thundered anathemas against the lawyers, unfortunately for 
them, the Immediate agents and ministers of creditors. Driven 
to despair by the actual evil of enormous debt, and irritated to 
madness by the increasing clamor about supposed grievances, it 
is scarcely surprising that a suffering and deluded people should 
have attempted relief, without considering that the misery they 
endured, was the necessary result from the confusion of years of 
warfare.* 

* Could we roll back the tide of time, till its retiring wave left bare tlie rocks on 
which the Commonwealth was so nearly wrecked, it is not improbable, we should 
discover, that a loftier and more dangerous ambition, and wider, deeper, and inose 



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Before the close of the revolutionary contest, whose pressure 
had united all by the tie of coiniuon danger, indications of dis- 
content had been manifested. The acts of the legislature had 
excited temporary and local uneasiness in former years, as the 
operation of laws conflicted with the views of expediency or in- 
terest entertained by the village politicians. But in 1782, com- 
plaints arose of grievances, springing from the policy and admin- 
istration of government, of more general character. On the 14th 
of April, of that year, the delegates of twenty-six towns of the 
county assembled in convention, and attributing the prevailing 
dissatisfaction of the people to want of confidence in the dis- 
bursement of the great sums of money annually assessed, re- 
commended instructions to the representatives, to require imme- 
diate settlement with all public officers entrusted with the funds 
of the Commonwealth; and if the adjustment was delayed or 
refused, to withdraw from the General Court, and return to their 
constituents ; to reduce the compensation of the members of the 
House, and the fees of lawyers; to procure sessions of the Court 
of Probate in different places in the county; the revival of con- 
fessions of debt ; enlargement of the jurisdiction of justices of the 
peace to £20 : contribution to the support of the continental 
army in specific articles instead of money : and the settlement of ac- 
counts between the Commonwealth and Congress. At an ad- 
journed session. May 14, they further recommended, that ac- 
count of the public expenditures should be annually rendered to 
the towns ; the removal of the General Court from Boston ; sep- 
aration of the business of the Common Pleas and Sessions, and 
inquiry into the grants of lands in Maine, in favor of Alexander 
Shepherd and others. Worcester was represented In these as- 
semblies, and in the instructions to Samuel Curtis, Esq., framed 

unhallowed purposes, urged on and sustained tho men who were pushed into the 
front rnnk of rebellion, than came from the limited capacity of their own minds. 
We might find that the accredited leaders of 1786, were only humble instruments 
of stronger sjjirits, waiting, in concealment, the results of the tempest they had 
roused. Fortunately, the energy of government, gave to rising revolution the 
harmless character of crushed insurrection, saved to after years the inquiry for the 
Catalines of the young republic, and left to us the happy privilege of receiving the 
coin, impressed with the mark of patriotism, at its stamped value, without testing 
it» deficiency of weight, or assaying the metal to determine the mi.xture of alloy. 



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in accordance uiih their resolutions, on the 8th of June, the 
town represented as additional grievances, that the Treasurer 
held the ofTice of Justice of the Common Pleas in Middlesex, 
interfering with the discharge of his general duties ; and the 
proposition for the allowance of half pay for life to the officers 
deranged on the new organization of the army, and not in ser- 
vice. Some of the complaints were quieted by legal provisions, 
and when the convention was appointed to be again held by ad- 
journment, in August, the few discontented persons in attendance 
dispersed without transacting business.* 

The murmurs of the coming storm were first heard here, early 
in 1784. On the invitation of Sutton to each town of the coun- 
ty, the capital sent delegates to a convention, held in March, of 
that year, of which Ebenezer Davis, Esq. was President. Al- 
though assembled for the professed purpose of considering the 
expediency of an excise duty alone, the inquiries of this body 
were more extensive in pursuit of existing evils. When the re- 
sult of its deliberations was communicated to the inhabitants of 
Worcester, they adopted for themselves the petition prepared for 
general acceptance, representing as grievances, the grant to Con- 
gress of an impost for twenty-five years to discharge the interest 
accruing on State securities ; the payment from the treasury of 
the expenses of festive days of rejoicing; large compensation to 
officers of the continental army ; neglect to redeem the paper 
currency; the want of a circulating medium; and the impaired 
state of credit. The representative of the town was instructed 
to endeavor to procure the removal of the General Court from 
Boston to some country town, where it would be secure from im- 
proper influences; and to cause an account of the debts, reve- 
nues and charges of government to be published annually. 
These complaints, unnoticed by the Legislature, seemed to be 
hushed and quieted by the very neglect they experienced. 

**" While the great body of the people desired only escnpe from impending 
Buits, without premeditated malice against the Commonwealth or its institutions, 
every trivial cause was magnified and perverted to increase the existing irritation, 
till, under the influence of delusion, a deadly blow was struck at both." MSS. 
Centennial Address of Hon. John Davis. 



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But the spirit of discontent, thou2;li stilled, was not extinct. 
It spread wider and deeper, and grew stronger in the minds of 
men, and its voice was again heard. In May, 1786, another in- 
vitation from Sutton, for a general meeting, was circulated, and 
passed over liere without attention. The delegates of 17 towns, 
however, formed a convention at Leicester, and elected Willis 
Hall, of Sutton, its President. As the attendance was thin, 
letters were addressed to Worcester, and the other towns of the 
county, unrepresented, requesting their participation, and an ad- 
journment took place to the 15th of August following. Our in- 
habitants, at a meeting held on this application, determined, by a 
great majority, not to comply ; on the grounds, that the body 
from which it emanated was not recognized by the Constitution, 
and that its session was unnecessary and illegal. Thirty-seven 
towns appeared, by their representatives, when the convention 
was reorganized at Leicester. It is not uninteresting to notice 
the gradual increase of alleged evils in its doings. In 1784 the 
list was brief. In 1786, without essential change in policy or 
condition, it had swelled to voluminous extent. In addition to 
the grievances already stated, they enumerated among the sources 
of uneasiness, abuses in the practice of the law; exorbitance of 
the items in the fee bill ; the existence and administration of the 
Courts of Common Pleas and Sessions ; the number and salaries 
of public ofFicers ; grants to the Attorney General ; and to Con- 
gress, while the State accounts remained unliquidated. A com- 
mittee was ir.structed to report a memorial, at another session, to 
be had, by adjournment, in Paxton, on the last Tuesday of Sep- 
tember. 

Thus far, redress had been sought by the constitutional appeal 
of the citizen to the Legislature. The recorded proceedings of 
the convention are of a pacific character, expressing disapproba- 
tion of combinations, mobs and riots : yet it is probable, that 
during the period of its consultations, the bold design was origi- 
nated, by the most violent of its members, of resisting the exe- 
cution of the laws and suspending the operation of courts. Soon 
after the first meeting, it was stated, in the paper of the town, 
printed by Mr. Thomas, that apprehensions existed of obstruc- 



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tion to the Common Pleas, in June. The first open act of in- 
surrection followed close upon the adjournment of the conven- 
tion, in August. 

Although warning of danger had been given, confiding in the 
loyalty of the people, their love of order, and respect for the 
laws, the officers of ri;overnment had made no preparations to 
support the court, to be held in Worcester, in September, 1786. 
On Monday night, of the first week in that month, a body of 
eighty armed men, under Capt. Adam Wheeler, of Hubbards- 
ton, entered the town and took possession of the Court House. 
Early the next morning, their numbers were augmented to nearly 
one hundred, and as many more collected without fire arms. 
The Judges of the Common Pleas had assembled at the house 
of the Hon. Joseph Allen. At the usual hour, with the Justices 
of the Sessions, and the members of the bar, attended by the 
clerk and sherifT, they moved towards the Court House. Chief 
Justice Artemas Ward, a general of the Revolution, united in- 
trepid firmness with prudent moderation. His resolute and manly- 
bearing, on that day of difficulty and embarrassment, sustained 
the dignity of the office he bore, and commanded the respect 
even of his opponents. On him devolved the responsibility of 
an occasion affecting deeply the future peace of the community, 
and it was supported well and ably. 

On the verge of the crowd thronging the hill, a sentinel was 
pacing on his round, whochallenged the procession as it approached 
his post. Gen. Ward sternly ordered the soldier, formerly a sub- 
altern of his own particular regiment, to recover his levelled 
musket. The man, awed by the voice he had been accustomed 
to obey, instantly complied, and presented his piece, in military- 
salute, to his old commander. The Court, having received the 
honors of war, from him who was planted to oppose their ad- 
vance, went on. The multitude, receding to the right and left, 
made way in sullen silence, till the judicial officers reached the 
Court House. On the steps was stationed a file of men with 
fixed bayonets: on the front, stood Captain Wheeler, with his 
drawn sword. The crier was directed to open the doors, and 
permitted to throw them back, displaying a party of infantry. 



96 INSURRECTION. 

with their guns levelled, as if ready to fire. Judge Ward then 
advanced, and the bayonets were turned against his breast. He 
demanded, repeatedly, who commanded the people there ; by 
what authority, and for what purpose, they had met in hostile ar- 
ray. Wheeler at length replied : after disclaiming the rank of 
leader, he stated, that they had come to relieve the distresses of 
the country, by preventing the sittings of courts until they could 
obtain redress of grievances. The Chief Justice answered, that 
he would satisfy them their complaints were without just founda- 
tion. He was told by Capt. Smith, of Barre, that any commu- 
nication he had to make must be reduced to writing. Judge 
Ward indignantly refused to do this: he said, he "did not value 
their bayonets : they might plunge them to his heart: but while 
that heart beat he would do his duty : when opposed to it, his 
life was of little consequence : if ihey would take away their 
bayonets and give him some position where he could be heard by 
his fellow citizens, and not by the leaders alone, who had de- 
ceived and deluded them, he would speak, but not otherwise." 
The insurgent officers, fearful of the eftect of his determined 
manner on the minds of their followers, interrupted. They did 
not come there, they said, to listen to long speeches, but to resist 
oppression : they had the power to compel submission : and they 
demanded, an adjournment without day. Judge Ward perem- 
torily refused to answer any proposition, unless it was accompanied 
by the name of him by whom it was made. They then desired 
him to fall back : the drum was beat, and the guard ordered to 
charge. The soldiers advanced, until the points of their bay- 
onets pressed hard upon the breast of the Chief Justice, who 
stood as immoveable as a statue, without stirring a limb, or yield- 
ing an inch, although the steel, in the hands of desperate men, 
penetrated his dress. Struck with admiration by his intrepidity, 
and shrinking from the sacrifice of life, the guns were removed, 
and Judge Ward, ascending the steps, addressed the assembly. 

In a stylo of clear and forcible argument, he examined their 
supposed grievances; exposed their fallacy ; explained the dan- 
gerous tendency of their rash measures ; admonished them that 
they were placing in peril the liberty acquired by the efforts and 



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sufferings of years, plunging the country in civil war, and involving 
themselves and their families in misery : that the measures they 
had taken must defeat their own wishes ; for the government 
would never yield that to force, which would be readily accorded 
to respectful representations: and wtmed them that the majesty 
of the laws would be vindicated, and their resistance of its power 
avenged. He spoke nearly two hours, not without frequent in- 
terruption. But admonition and argument were unavailing: the 
insurgents declared they would maintain their ground until satis- 
faction was obtained. Judge Ward, addressing himself to Wheeler, 
advised him to suffer the troops to disperse : •' they were waging 
war, which was treason, and its end would be," he added, after a 
momentary pause, " the gallows." The judges then retired, un- 
molested, through armed files. Soon after, the Court was opened 
at the United States Arms Tavern,* and immediately adjourned 
to the next day. Orders were despatched to the colonels in the 
brigade to call out their regiments, and march, without a mo- 
ment's delay, to sustain the judicial tribunals : but that right arm 
on which the government rests for defence was paralyzed : in this 
hour of its utmost need, the militia shared in the disaffection, and 
the officers reported, that it was out of their power to muster 
their companies, because they generally favored those movements 
of the people directed against the highest civil institutions of the 
State, and tending to the subversion of social order. 

In the afternoon of Tuesday, a petition was presented from 
Athol, requesting that no judgments should be rendered in civil 
actions, except where debts would be lost by delay, and no trials 
had unless with the consent of the parties; a course correspond- 
ing with the views entertained by the Court. Soon after, Capt. 
Smith, of Barre, unceremoniously introduced himself to the 
judges, with his sword drawn, and offered a paper purporting to 
be the petition of ** the body of people now collected for their 
own good and that of the Commonwealth," requiring an adjourn- 
ment of the Courts without day. He demanded, in a threaten- 
ing manner, an answer in half an hour. Judge Ward, with great 

*0n the site of the Exchange Coffee llousef, 1E36. 

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98 INSURRECTION. 

dignity, replied, that no answer would be given, and the Intruder 
retired. An iniei view was solicited, during the evening, by a 
eoriiiniitee, who were informed that the officers of governmenS 
would miike no promises to men in hostile array : an intimation 
was given that the request of the people of Athol was consid- 
ered reasonable: and the conference terminated. A report of 
the result was made to the insurgents, who voted it was unsatis- 
factory, and resolved to remain umil the following day. 

During the nij^ht, the Court House was guarded in martial 
form : seiiiinels were |)Osied along the front of the building, and 
along Main Street : the men not on duty, bivouaced in the iiall 
of justice, or sought shelter will) their friends. In the first light 
of morning, the whole force paraded on the hill, and was har- 
rangued by the leaders. In the forenoon, a new deputation waited 
on the Court, with a repetiiiou of the former demand, and re- 
ceived a simikr reply. The justices assured the committee, if 
the body dispersed, the people of the county would have no just 
cause of complaint with the course the Court would adopt. The 
insurgents, reinforced wiih about two hundred from Holden and 
Ward, now n^.usteied four hundred strong, half with fire arms, 
and the remainder furnished with sticks. They formed in col- 
umn, and marched through Main Street, with their music, inviting 
all who sought relief from oppression to join their ranks, but re- 
ceiving no accessions of reciuits from our citizens, they returned 
to the Court House. Sprigs of evergreen had beeu distributed, 
and mounted as the distinctive badge of rebellion, and a young 
pine tree was elevated at their post as tl)e standard of revolt. 

The Court, at length, finding that no reliance could be placed 
on military support, and no hope entertained of being [)ermitte(J 
to proceed with business, adjourned, continuing all causes to the 
Fjext term. Proclamation was made by the sheriff to the people, 
and a copy of the record communicated. After this, about twa 
hundred men, with slicks only, paraded before the house of Mr. 
Allen, where the justices had retired, and halted nearly an hour, 
as if n^editating some act of violence. The main body then 
Buarched down, and passing through the other party, whose open 
ranks closed after them, the whole moved to the commofl, where 



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they displayed into line, and sent another committee to the 
Court. 

The sessions, considering their deliberations controlled by the 
mob, deemed it expedient to follow the exairi[)le of the supe- 
rior tribunal, by an adjournment to the 2 1 si of November. 
When the insurgent adjutant presented a paper, requiring it should 
be without fixed day, Judge Ward replied, the business was fiii- 
islied an<l could not be changed. 

Before night closed down, the Regulators, as they styled 
tliemselves, dispersed ; and thus terminated the first interference 
of the citizens in arms with the course of justice. Whatever 
fears might have been entertained of future disastrous conse- 
quences, their visit brought with it no terror, and no a|)pr:;hen- 
sion for personal safety to their opposers. Both parties, indeed, 
seemed more inclined to hear than strike. The conduct of Judge 
Ward was dignified and spirited, in a situation of great embar- 
rassment. His own deprecation, that the sun might not shine on 
the day when the Constitution was trampled on with impunity, 
seemed to be realized. Clouds, darkness and storm brooded 
over the meeting of the insurgents, and rested on their tunudtuary 
assemblies in the county at subsequent period'^. 

The state of feeling here, was unfavorably influenced by the 
success of the insurgents. At a meeting of the inhabitants, or 
the 25lh of September, delegates were elected to the county 
convention at Paxton, with instruction? to report their doings to 
the town. The list of grievances received some slight additions 
from this assembly. The delay and expense of Couris of Pro- 
bate, the manner of recor ling deeds in one general office of 
registry, instead of entering them on the boolfs ^f the town 
where the land was situated, and the ri^ht of abse-ntees to sue for 
the collection of debts, were the subjects of complaint in a peti- 
tion, concluding w'ith the request that precepts might be issued 
for meetings, to express public sentiment in relation to a revision 
of the Constitution, and if two-thirds of the qualified voters were 
in favor of amendment, that a State Convention might he called. 
The existence of this body was continued by an adjournment to 
Worcester. The petition was immediately forwarded to tlie 



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General Court. A copy was subsequently submitted to the 
town, at a meeting held October 2, for the purpose of receiving 
a report from the delegates. It was then voted, "That Mr. 
Daniel Baird be requested to inform the town whether this peti- 
tion was according to his mind, and he informed the town it was : 
but that he did not approve of its being sent to the General 
Court before it had been laid before the town." The petition 
was read paragraph by paragraph, rejected, and the delegates 
dismissed. 

On the 16th of October, in compliance with the request of 34 
freeholders, another town meeting was called : after long and 
warm debate, the former delegates were reelected, to attend the 
convention, at its adjourned session. A petition had been offered, 
praying consideration of ihn n.easiires proper in ihe alarming sit- 
uation of the country, and for instructions to the representative 
to inquire into the expenditure of public money, the salaries of 
officers, the means of increasing manufactures, encouraging agri- 
culture, introducing economy, and removing every grievance. 
Directions were given to endeavor to procure the removal of the 
Legislature from the metropolis to the interior; the annihilation 
of the Inferior Courts; the substitution of a cheaper and more 
expeditious administration of justice; the immediate repeal of the 
supplementary fund granted to Congress; the appropriation of 
the revenue, arising from impost and excise, to the payment of 
the foreign debt ; and the withholding all supplies from Congress 
until settlement of accounts between the Commonwealth and 
Continent. Resolutions, introduced by the supporters of govern- 
ment, expressing disapprobation of unconstitutional assemblies, 
armed combinations, and riotous movements, and pointing to the 
Legislature as the only legitimate source of redress, were rejected. 
The convention party was triumphant by a small majority. 
While the discussion was urged, a considerate citizen inquired of 
one of the most zealous of the discontented, what grievances he 
suffered, and what were the principal evils among them ? 
" There are grievances enough, thank God ! " was the hasty re- 
ply, " and they are all principal ones." 



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The jurisdiction of the sessions was principally over criminal 
offences, and its powers were exercised for the preservation of 
social order. No opposition had been anticipated to its session, 
on the 21st of November, and no defensive preparations were 
made. On that day, about sixty armed men, under Abraham 
Gale, of Princeton, entered the north part of t!ie town. During 
the evening, and on Wednesday n)orning, about one hundred 
more arrived, from Hubbardston, Shrewsbury, and some adjacent 
towns. A committee presented a petition to the Court, at the 
United States Arms Tavein, for their adjournment, until a new 
choice of re|)resentatives, which was not received. The insur- 
gents then took possession of the ground around the Court House. 
When the Justices approached, the armed rnen made way, and 
they passed through the opening ranks to the steps. There, triple 
rows of bayonets presented to their breasts, opposed farther ad- 
vance. The Sheriff, Col. William Greenleaf, of L^ancaster, ad- 
dressed the assembled crowd, stating the danger to themselves 
and the public from their lawless measures. Reasoning and 
warning were ineffectual, and the proclamation in the riot act was 
read for their dispersion. Amid the grave solemnity of the 
scene, some incidents were interposed of lighter character. Col. 
Greenleaf remarked with great severity on the conduct of the 
armed party around him. One of the leaders replied, ihey 
sought relief from grievances : that among the most intolerable of 
them was the sheriff himself: and next to his person, were his 
fees, which were exorbitant and excessive, particularly on criini- 
nai executions. " If you consider fees for executions oppressive," 
replied the sheriff, irritated by the attack, " you need not wait 
long for redress ; for I will hang you all, gentlemen, for nothing, 
with the greatest pleasure." Some hand among the crowd, which 
pressed close, placed a pine branch on his hat, and the county 
officer retired, with the justices, decorated with the evergreen 
badge of rebellion. The clerk entered on his records, that the 
court was prevented from being held by an armed force, the only 
notice contained on their pages that our soil has ever been dis- 
honored by resistance of the laws. 



102 INSURRECTION. 

To this period, the indulgence of government had dealt with 
its revolted subjects as misguided citizens, seduced to acts of vio- 
lence from misconception of the sources of their distress. Con- 
cintuory policy had applied remedial statutes wherever practica- 
ble, and proffered full pardon and indemnity for past misconduct. 
Reasonable hopes were entertained that disaffection, quieted by 
lenient measures, would lay down the arms assumed under strong 
excitement, and that reviving order would rise from the confu- 
sion. But the insurgents, animated by temporary success, and 
mistaking the mildness of forbearance for weakness or fear, had 
extended their designs from present relief to permanent change. 
Their early movements were without further object than to stay 
that flood of executions which wasted their property and made 
their homes desolate. That portion of the community, who 
condemned the violence of the actors in the scenes we have des- 
cribed, sympathized in their sufferings, and were disposed to con- 
sider the offences venial, while the professed purpose of their 
commission was merely to obtain the delay necessary for seeking 
constiti'tional redress. All implicated, stood on safe and honor- 
able ground, until the renewal, on the 21st of November, of the 
opposition to the administration of justice. Defiance of the au- 
thority of the State could no longer be tolerated without the pros- 
tration of its institutions. The crisis had arrived, when govern- 
ment, driven to the utmost limit of concession, must appeal to the 
sword for preservation, even tl^ough its destroying edge, turned on 
the citizen, might be crimsoned widi civil slaughter. Information was 
communicated to the executive of extensive levies of troops for 
the suppression of the Judiciary, and the coercion of the Legis- 
lature. Great exertions were making to prevent the approaching 
session of the Court of Common Pleas, in Worcester, in the first 
week of December. Gov. Bowdoin and the council, resolved to 
adopt vigorous measures to overawe the insurgents. Orders were 
issued to Major General Warner, to call out the militia of his di- 
vision, and five regiments were directed to hold themselves in 
instant readiness to march. Doubts, however, arose, how far re- 
liance could be placed on the troops of an infected district. The 
sheriff reported, that a sufficient force could not be collected. 



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The first instructions were therefore countermanded, a plan havlnif 
been settled to raise an army whose power rniaht effectually crush 
resistance, and ihe judges were advised lo adjourn to the 23d of 
January following, when the contemplated arrrmgcments could be 
matured to terminate the unhappy troubles. 

The insurgents, unapprised of the change of operations, be- 
gan to concentrate their whole strength to interrupt the courts at 
Worcester and Concord. They had fixed on Slnewsbury, as the 
place of rendezvous. On the 29th of November, a party of 
forty, from Barre, Spencer and Leicester, joined Capt. Wheeler, 
who had established his head quarters in that town during the 
preceding week, and succeeded in enlisting about thirty nien. 
Daniel Shays, the reputed commnndpr-In-chicf, and nominal head 
of the rebellion, made his first jiublic appearance in the county 
soon after, with troops from Hampshire. Reinforcements came 
in, till the number at the post exceeded four hundred. Sentinels 
stopped and examined travellers, and patrols were sent out 
towards Concord, Cambridge and Worcester. On Thursday j 
November 30, information was received, that the Light Horse, 
under Col. Hilchborn, had captured Shattuck, Parker and Paige, 
and that a detachment of cavalry was marching against them- 
selves. This intelligence disconcerted their arrangements for an 
expedition into ^liddlesex, and they retreated, in great alarm, to 
Holden. On Friday, VV^heeler was in a house passed by the 
horsemen, and only escaped from being captured by accident. 
Another person, supposed to be commander, was pursued, and 
received a sabre cut in the hand. The blow was slight, but af- 
forded sufficient foundation for raising the cry that blood had beer> 
shed, and rousing passion to vengeance. The wounded insur- 
gent was exhibited and bewailed as the martyr of their cause. 
As the Light Horse retired, it was discovered they did not ex- 
ceed twenty. About a hundred of Sliays*s men rallied, and re- 
turned to Shrewsbury, following a foe whose celerity of move- 
ment left no cause to fear they could be brought to an encounter. 
Search was made for the town stock of powder, removed by the 
vigilance of one of the selectmen. Col. Cushing, whose house 
they surrounded, and whose person they endeavored to seize, bus 



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be escaped. Consultation was held on the expediency of 
marching directly to Worcester, and encamping before ihe Court 
House. Without clothing to protect them from cold, without 
money, or food to supply the wants of hunger, it was considered 
impracticable to maintain themselves there, and on Saturday, they 
marched to Grafton, and went into quarters with their friends. 

The party left at Holden, found one object of their meeting, 
the junction with the insurgents at Concord, frustrated. Those 
who belonged to the neighboring towns were therefore dismissed, 
with orders to assemble in Worcester on Monday following. 
Shays retired to the barracks in Rutland, and sent messengers to 
hasten on the parties from Berkshire and Hampshire, in anticipa- 
tion of meeting the militia of government at Worcester. 

On Sunday evening, the detachment from Grafton entered the 
town, under the command of Abraham Gale, of Princeton, Ad- 
am Wheeler, of Hubbardston, Simeon Hazeltine, of Hardwick, 
and John Williams, reputed to be a deserter from the British 
army, and once a serjeant of the continental line. They halted 
before the Court House, and having obtained the keys, placed a 
strong guard around the building, and posted sentinels on all the 
streets and avenues of the town to prevent surprise. Those who 
were off duty, roiling themselves in their blankets, rested on their 
arms, on the floor of the Court room. 

However the fidelity of Worcester might have wavered, its 
citizens had now become aware of the peril of their rights, when 
the mustering power of rebellion was attempting to upheave the 
foundations of government. The whole military strength of the 
town rallied to its support. Two full companies of our militia, 
enrolling one hundred and seventy, rank and file, paraded on 
Monday, at the South Meeting House, under the senior captain, 
Joel Howe. In the afternoon, they formed in column, and 
marched down Main Street. On approaching the United States 
Arms tavern, the head quarters of the insurgents, the drums beat 
to arms, and their lines were formed across the road. Capt. 
Howe, advancing in slow time, sent forward an adjutant to de- 
mand by what authority the highways were obstructed. A con- 
temptuous answer was returned, that he might come and see. 



INSURRECTION. 105 

Another officer was detached, to order them to remove, as the 
mihtia intended to pass over the groimd they occupied : the re- 
ply was, they might pass if they could. Capt. Howe then hahed, 
and addressed his men in an animating tone, expressing his de- 
termination to proceed, and his rehance on their intrepidity. 
The bayonets were fixed and the company then advanced : in a 
few paces they came to the position for a cliarge. The front 
rank of tl)e insurgents stood in readiness to use their muskets, 
while the band of Captain Howe moved steadily down upon their 
line. For a moment, civil war seemed about to drench our 
streets in blood. Veterans of the revolution were arrayed on 
both sides, who had been too often amid the shot of battle, to 
shrink from danger in any form. Fortunately, the insurgents 
were not prepared to stain their cause by the slaughter of their 
brethren. Their line wavered, and breaking, by a rapid wheel, 
gained a new position on the hill. The militia went by their 
post, to the Hancock Arms,* beyond the North Square. It is 
doing no injustice to their gallantry to believe, their congratula- 
tions were sincere on the innocent result of appearances so men- 
acing. After brief rest, they returned, and were dismissed, until 
the next morning, with merited commendations. Their spirited 
conduct was productive of salutary effects. It ascertained, that 
their opponents were too apprehensive of consequences to sup- 
port their demands by force, and the dread their formidable array 
might have inspired, was changed to contempt and derision of 
their pretensions. 

As the evening closed in, one of the most furious snow storms 
of a severe winter commenced. One division of the insurgents 
occupied the Court House : another sought shelter at the 
Hancock Arms. The sentinels, chilled by the tempest, and im- 
agining themselves secured by its violence from attack, joined 
their comrades around the fire of the guard room. The young 
men of the town, in the spirit of sportive mischief, contrived to 
carry away their muskets, incautiously stacked in the entry-way, 
and having secreted them at a distance, raised the alarm that the 

* This building was aftcrwarde the Brown &, Buttnan Tavern, and destroyed by 
fire, Dec. 24, 1821. 

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IQQ INSURRECTION. 

Light Horse were upon them. The party sallied out in confu- 
sion, and panic struck at the silent disappearance of their arms, 
fled through the fast falling snow to the Court House, where 
their associates had paraded. The guns were discovered, at 
length, and the whole force remained, ready for action, several 
hours, frequently disturbed by the fresh outcries of theii vexatious 
persecutors. 

The increasing fury of the storm, and the almost impassable 
condition of the roads, did not prevent the arrival of many from 
Holden and the vicinity, on Tuesday, swelling the numerical 
force of malcontents to five hundred. The Court was opened at 
the Sun Tavern,* and in conformity with the instructions of the 
Governor, adjourned to the 23d of January, without attempting 
lo transact business. Petitions from committees of Sutton and 
Douglass, that the next session might be postponed to March, were 
disregarded. 

Worcester assumed the appearance of a garrisoned town. The 
citizens answered to the frequent challenges of military guards : 
the traveller was admonished to stay his steps by the voice and 
bayonet of the soldier. Sentries paced before the house of Mr. 
Allen, the clerk, where Judge Ward resided, and the former 
gentleman was thieatened with violence on his own threshold. 
Mr. Justice W^ashburn, of Leicester, was opposed on his way, 
and two of his friends, who seized the gun presented to his breast, 
were arrested and detained in custody. Justice Baker, on his 
return homeward, was apprehended in the road, and some of his 
captors suggested the propriety of sending him to prison, to ex- 
perience the corrective discipline, to which, as a magistrate, he 
had subjected others. 

On Tuesday evening, a council of war was convened, and it 
was seriously determined to march to Boston, and effect the lib- 
eration of the Slate prisoners, as soon as sufficient strength could 
be collected. In anticipation of attack, the Governor gathered 
the means of defence around the metropolis. Guards were 
mounted at the prison, and at the entrances of the city : alarm 

* United States HoJci, 1836. 



INSURRECTION. 107 

posts were assigned ; and Major General Brooks held the militia 
of Middlesex contiguous to the road, in readiness for action, and 
watched the force at Worcester. 

During the evening of Tuesday, an alarm broke out, more ter- 
rific to the party quartered at the Hancock Arms, than that which 
had disturbed the repose of the preceding night. Soon after par- 
taking the refreshment which was sometimes used by the military, 
before the institution of temperance societies, several of the men 
were seized with violent sickness, and a rumor spread, that poi- 
son had been mingled with the fountain which supplied their 
water. Dr. Samuel Stearns of Paxton, astrologer, almanac man- 
ufacturer, and quack by profession, detected in the sediment of 
the cups they had drained, a substance, which he unhesitatingly 
pronounced to be a compound of arsenic and antimony, so dele- 
terious, that a single grain would extinguish the lives of a thous- 
and. The numbers of the afflicted increased with frightful 
rapidity, and the symptoms grew more fearful. It was suddenly 
recollected that the sugar used in their beverage had been pur- 
chased from a respectable merchant of the town,* whose at- 
tachment to government was well known, and the sickness 
around was deemed proof conclusive that it had been adulterated 
for their destruction. A file of soldiers seized the seller, and 
brought him to answer for the supposed attempt to murder the 
levies of rebellion. As he entered the house, the cry of indig- 
nation rose strong. Fortunately for his safety. Dr. Green, of 
Ward, an intelligent practitionei' of medicine, arrived, and the ex- 
ecution of vengeance was deferred until his opinion of its pro- 
priety could be obtained. After careful inspection of the sus- 
pected substance, and subjecting it to the test of different senses, 
he declared, that to the best of his knowledge, it was genuine, 
yellow, Scotch snuff. The reputed dying raised their heads 
from the floor: the slightly affected recovered: the gloom which 
had settled heavily on the supposed victims of mortal disease 
was dispelled, and the illness soon vanished. Strict inquiry fur- 
nished a reasonable explanation ; a clerk in the store of the 

" The late Daniel Waldo, (Sen.) Esq. 



108 INSURRECTION. 

merchant had opened a package of the fragrant commodity, in 
the vicinity of the sugar barrel, and a poriion of the odoriferous 
leaf, had, inadvertently, been scattered from the counter into its 
uncovered head. A keg of spirit was accepted in full satisfac- 
tion for the panic occasioned by the decoction of tobacco so in- 
nocently administered. 

Bodies of militia, anxious to testify their reviving zeal, were 
toiling through the deep snow drifts. Gen. Warner, finding that 
no benefit could be derived from their presence, sent orders for 
their return to their homes, and the insurgents enjoyed the tri- 
umph of holding undisputed possession of the town. 

On Wednesday, December 6, they went out to meet Shays, 
who arrived from Rutland, with 350 men. As they re-entered 
the street, the appearance of the column of 800 was highly im- 
posing. The companies included many who had learned their 
tactics from Steuben, and served an apprenticeship of discipline 
in the ranks of the revolution : war worn veterans, who in a good 
cause, would have been invincible. The pine tuft suppHed the 
place of plume in their hats. Shays, with his aid, mounted on 
white horses, led on the van. They displayed into line before 
the Court House, where they were reviewed and inspected. The 
men were then billeted on the inhabitants. No compulsion was 
used: where admittance was peremptorily relused, they quietly 
retired, and sought food and shelter elsewhere. Provision having 
been made for the soldiers. Shays joined the other leaders in 
council. At night, he was attended to his quarters, at the house 
of the late Col. Samuel Flagg, by a strong guard, preceded by 
the music of the army, with something of the state assumed by 
a general officer. Precautions against surprise were redoubled. 
Chains of sentinels were stretched along the streets, planted in 
every avenue of approach, and on the neighboring hills, exam- 
ining all who passed. The cry of " all's well," rose on the 
watches of the night, from those whose presence brought danger 
to the Commonwealth. 

Committees from some of the neighboring towns, and many of 
the prominent members of the conventions, assembled with the 
military leaders, on Thursday, the 6th of December. Their de- 



INSURRECTION. 109 

liberations were perplexed and discordant. The inclemency of 
the weather had prevented the arrival of the large force expect- 
ed. The iinpossibihty of retaining the men who had assembled, 
without munitions, subsistence, or stores, compelled thetn to 
abandon the meditated attack on Boston, then put in a posture of 
defence, and more pacific measures were finally adopted. A pe- 
tition was prepared for circulation, remonstrating against the sus- 
pension of the habeas corpus writ ; asking for the pardon and 
release of the prisoners ; a new act of amnesty ; the adjourn- 
ment of courts until the session of the new Legislature in May ; 
and expressing their readiness to lay down their arms on compli- 
ance with these demands. In the afternoon, Shays's men and 
part of Wheeler's, to the number of 500, began their march 
for Paxton, on their way to the barracks in Rutland. About a 
hundred more retired to the north part of the town. 

Friday was spent in consultation. Aware that public senti- 
ment was setting against them with strong reaction, the mercy 
which had been rejected was now supplicated. Letters were ad- 
dressed to each town of the county, inviting the inhabitants to 
unite in their petitions. Shays himself, in a private conference 
with an acquaintance, made use of these expressions: "For 
God's sake, have matters settled peaceably ; it was against my 
inclinations I undertook this business ; importunity was used 
which I could not withstand ; but I heartily wish it was well 
over." 

In the evening, the Court House was abandoned, but sentries 
were posted at almost every door of the outside and interior of 
the public house, where the leaders remained in consultation. 

Another snow storm commenced on Saturday morning. Luke 
Day, with 150 men from Hampshire, reached Leicester, but was 
unable to proceed in the tempest. About noon, all the insur- 
gents in Worcester paraded before their head quarters, and were 
dismissed. The companies of Ward, Holden, Spencer, Rut- 
land, Barre, and Petersham, after moving Slowly through Main 
Street, in distinct bodies, took up the line of march for their re- 
spective homes, through roads choked with drifts. 



110 INSURRECTION. 

The condition of these dchidod men during their stay here, 
was such as to excite compassion rather than fear. Destitute of 
ahnost (ivory necessary of hie, in an inclement season, without 
money to purchase the food which their friends could not supplyi 
unwelcome ;^uests in the quarters they occupied, pride restrained 
the exposure of their wants. Many must have endured the 
gnawings of hunger in our streets : yet, standing with arms in 
their hands, enduring privations in the midst of plenty, they took 
nothing by force, and trespassed on no man's rights by violence: 
some declared they had not tastcnl broad for twenty-four hours ; 
all who made known their situation, were relieved by our citizens 
with liberal charity. 

The forlorn condition of the insiu'gents was deepened by the 
distresses of their retreat. 'J'hcir course was amid the wildest 
revelry of storm and wind, in a night of intense cold. Some 
were frozen to death by the way : others, exhausted with strug- 
gling through the deep and drifted snow, sunk down, and would 
have perished but for the aid of their stouter comrades : when 
relief was sought among the farm liouses, every door was opened 
at the call of misery, and the wrongs done by the rebel were for- 
gotten in the sullerings of him who claimed hospitality as a 
stranger. 

The whole number assembled at Worcester never exceeded a 
thousand. The spirit animating the first movements bad grown 
cold, and Shays expressed to an ac(]uaintance here, the impres- 
sion that the cause iiad become gloomy and hopeless. In con- 
versation with an oflicer of government, he disclaimed being at 
the head of the rebellion ; declared he had come to the resolu- 
tion to have nothing more to do with stopping courts : that if he 
could not obtain pardon, he would gather the w hole force i)e 
could command, and fight to the last extremity, rather than be 
hanged. Wlien asked if he would accept pardon were it offered, 
and abandon the insurgents, he replied, " Yes, in a moment." * 

* The retreat of Shays not only aiVordoil the frioiuls of order occasion for tri- 
umph, but sport for wit. An E[)igran>, fioni one of the prints, aflords a specimen 
of the poetry and jest of the time. The name of the common carriage, the chaise, 
and that of the insurgent leader, hud then tlic same spelling as well as sound. 



INSURRECTION. HI 

The d(>lay of {!;ovenHn(.'iit, v.hile it iifTordcd time to circuhite 
cone(;l iiiforinaiion ainoiit; the people, led the iiisuit^eiits at lib- 
erty to pursue their measures. The Court at S[)ring(jelcl, on the 
2Gth of December, was resisted, and intelligence was received of 
active exertions to prevent the session of the Common Pleas, at 
Worcester, on the 23d of January. Longer forbearance would 
have been weakness, and vigorous measures were adopted for 
sustaining the Judiciary. An army of 4 100 men was raised 
from the Counties of Suffolk, Ji^ssex, Middlesex, Hampshire and 
Worcester, for thirty days service. General IJenjamin fjincoln, 
whoso |)rudence, and military skill peculiarly ipialilied liim for the 
important trust, received the counuand. Voluntary loans were 
made by individuals for the armament, pay, and subsistence of tlio 
troops. 

On the 21st of January, the army took up the line of march 
from Koxbury. The inclemency of the weather, and the con- 
dition of the roads rendered a halt necessary at Marlborough. 
The next day the troops reached Worcester, notwithstanding the 
eOects of sudden thaw on the deep snow, and were (pjartered on 
the inhabitants, the houses being thrown open for their shelter 
and comfort. Here they were joined by the regiments of the 
county. The town contributed its (juota liberally. In the com- 
pany under Capt. Joel Howe, were twenty-seven non-connnis- 
sioncd officers and |)ri\ales. In the artillery, under (Japl. Wil- 
liam Treadwell, were enrolled Ibrty-three of our citizens. Nine- 
teen served under Capt. IMiinehas Jones. Seven drajoons were 
embodied in a legionary corps. Lt. Daniel Goulding was at the 
head of a troop of cavalry. The hite Judge Edward I3anu;s, 
Timothy Digelow, afterwards S|)caker of the House of Repre- 
sentatives of Massachusetts, and Theophilus Wheeler, Es(|., 
served as volunteers. 

Detachments of insurgents collected at Rutland, New Rrain- 

"Says sober Will, vvcll Sliuyx has i]ftil, 

And peace returns to bloss our d.iys. 
Indeed ! erics iN'ed, 1 always said, 

He'd prove at last aJ'uU back Shai/s ; 
And those tinned over and undone, 
Call him u worthless tSliuya to run." 



112 INSURRECTION. 

tree, Princeton, Sterling and Sutton, but, intimidated by the mili- 
tary, hovered at a distance, while the Courts proceeded. On the 
25th of January, Gen. Lincoln hastened westward for the relief 
of Shepard, and of the arsenal at Springfield, invested by Shays 
and Day. 

Major General Warner was left in command at Worcester, 
with a regiment of infantry, a corps of artillery, including Capt. 
Treadwell's company, two field pieces, and a party from the 
legionary battalion of volunteer cavalry. Information having been 
given that a body of about two hundred insurgents had assembled 
at New Braintree, intercepting travellers and insulting the friends 
of government, twenty horsemen, supported by about 150 in- 
fantry in sleighs, were sent out on the night of the 2d of Febru- 
ary, to capture or disperse the disaffected. Upon approaching 
the place of their destination, the cavalry were ordered to ad- 
vance at full speed to surprise the enemy. The insurgents, ap- 
prised of the expedition, had abandoned their quarters at the 
house of Moses Hamilton, and taken post behind the walls of the 
road side, and having fired a volley of musketry upon the de- 
tachment, fled to the woods : Mr. Jonathan Rice of Worcester, 
a deputy sheriff, was shot through the arm and hand : Doct. 
D;!vid Young was severely wounded in the knee :* the bridle rein 
of Theophilus Wheeler, Esq., was cut by a ball. Without halt- 
ing, the soldiers rapidly pursued their way to the deserted head 
quarters, where they liberated Messrs. Samuel Flagg and John 
Stanton of Worcester, who had been seized the day previous, 
while transacting private business at Leicester. Havin"- dis- 
persed those who occupied the barracks at Rutland, tha next day, 
the companies returned with four prisoners. 

The career of Shays was fast drawing to its close. Driven 
from post to post, he suddenly retired from Pelham to Peters- 
ham, where he expected to concentrate the forces of expiring 
rebellion, and make his final stand. Intelligence of this change 
of position reached Gen. Lincoln at Hadley, February 3d, and 

* Dr. Young afterwards recovered £1000, in a civil action, against those by whoRS 
he was wounded. 



INSURRECTION. Il3 

Im determined, by prompt and decisive action, to terminate the 
ivarfare. When the troops took up the line of march, at 8 o'clock, 
the evening was bright and mild. Before morning the cold be- 
came intense : the dry and light snow, whirled before a violent 
north wind, filled the paths and rendered them almost impassable. 
The severity of the cold prevented any halt for rest or refresh- 
ment. At a distance from shelter, without defence against the 
inclemency of the weather, it became necessary to press on, 
without pausing, to the camp occupied by men possessing all 
martial advantages, except courage and a good cause. The 
heavy sufferings of the night were terminated by the arrival of 
the troops in the very centre of Petersham. The followers of 
Shays, trusting to the violence of the storm and the obstruction 
of the highways, rested in careless security. The first warning 
of danger was from the appearance of the advanced guard of the 
forces of government, after a journey of thirty miles, in the 
midst of their cantonment. Had an army dropped from the 
clouds upon the hill, the consternation could not have been greater. 
Panic struck, the insurgents fled, without firing a gun, or offering 
resistance to soldiers exhausted by fatigue, with frozen limbs, and 
almost sinking under the privations and hardships of the severe 
service. 

Thirty of the citizens of Worcester were in this expedition, 
and shared in the movement, called by Minot "one of the most 
indefatigable marches that ever was performed in America.'' 
Gen. Lincoln writes from Petersham, Feb. 4, " We arrived here 
about nine o'clock, exceedingly fatigued by a march of thirty 
miles, part of it in a deep snow, and in a most violent storm. 
When this abated, the cold increased, and a great part of our 
men were frozen in some part or other; but I hope none of them 
dangerously so, and that most of them will be able to march 
again in a short time." The insurgents never again collected in 
force : independent parties appeared in different parts of the 
western counties : but they were soon compelled to seek safety 
by submission, or flight into the neighboring States. Two or three 
only, of our townsmen, bore arms with Shays. 
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The rebellion being terminated, the infliction of some punish- 
ment for the highest political crime was deemed expedient. 
Some of those who had been in arms against the laws, were 
brought to trial, convicted of treason, and sentenced to death. 
Henry Gale, of Princeton, was the only insurgent found guilty of 
capital offence, in this county.* On the 23d day of June, at the 
hour fixed for his execution, by the warrant, he was led out to 
the gallows, erected on the common, with all the solemn cere- 
mony of such exhibitions. A reprieve was there read to him, 
and afterwards full pardon was given.f Proceedings for seditious 
practices, pending against several prisoners, were suspended. 
The mercy of government was finally extended to all who had 
been involved in the difficulties and disorders of the lime, upon 
taking the oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth, after some 
temporary civil disqualifications.."}: 

* The Court assigned as his counsel, Levi Lincoln, Sen., and James Sullivan. 
The warm support of government by the former had rendered him obnoxious to the 
insurgents. During their occupation of the town, they sent parties to seize hi.s 
person, who surrounded and searched his house. Seasonably informed of their in- 
tentions, he was able to disappoint them. 

t Sis were convicted of treason in the county of Berkshire, six in Hampshire, 
one in Worcester, and one in Middlesex, all of whom received sentence of death, 
but were subsequently pardoned. The only public punishment actually inflicted, 
except limited disqualification from civil or military office, was on a member of 
the House of Representatives, guilty of seditious words and practices, who was 
sentenced to sit on the gallows with a rope about his neck, pay a fine of £50, and 
to be bound to keep tlie peace and be of good behavior for five years. 

I The facts stated in the foregoing chapter have been derived from the Worcester 
Magazine, published by Isaiah Thomas, 1786, 1787, Independent Chronicle, Co- 
lumbian Centincl, Minot's History of the Insurrection, Files in the office of the 
Secretary of State, Correspondence of Levi Lincoln, Sen., American Antiquarian 
Society's MSS. 



NOTICE OF DANIEL SHAYS. 

FROM THE SAME. 



This individual acquired an unenviable notariety, which im- 
parts some degree of interest to the incidents of his life. He 
was born in Hopkinton, in 1747 ; the son of parents not in af- 
fluent circumstances, he worked with Mr. Brinley, a respectable 
farmer of Framingham. The activity and energy of his youth 
promised at maturity more desirable elevation than he attained. 
That his education was neglected, is apparent from his ofllcial 
letters, bidding defiance alike to government, grammar and good 
spelling. Just before the revolution, he removed to one of the 
towns beyond Connecticut River, and afterwards resided in Pel- 
ham. When the war commenced, he entered the army, at the 
age of twenty-eight, with the rank of Ensign, in Capt. Dickin- 
son's company, in Col. Benjamin Ruggles VVoodbridge's regi- 
ment. His ambition, activity, and the plausible manners covering 
the want of acquirements, joined with personal intrepidity, ob- 
tained promotion, and in 1776, he was appointed lieutenant in 
Col. VarnunVs regiment. At a time when the line peculiarly 
needed reinforcement, he was detached on the recruiting service, 
with the promise of some suitable reward for the enlistment of 
twenty men. For this purpose he visited his native state, and his 
unwearied exertions were crowned with ample success. When 
the complement assigned to him was filled, a plan suggested itself 
for grasping honor and pay at once. Finding the pulse of patri- 
otism beat high, and the young men of New England were ready 



IIQ DANIEL SHAYS. 

to devote themselves for their country, he continued his enlist- 
ments. Insinuating address and bold representations, produced 
impressions of his ability and influence, easily turned to his own 
advantage, and by holding out expectations cf indulgence to those 
who should serve under his command, a company was raised, on 
the condition that he should be their captain. With these men 
he returned to the camp, where they were mustered. When the 
inspector was about to distribute them to diflerent corps. Shays 
produced the enlistment papers ; pointed to the condition which 
held them to serve under himself alone ; and requested the ap- 
pointment of Captain. The necessity of the times prevented 
the sacriOce of so many recruits, and after indignant remon- 
strances, it was deemed expedient to yield to his demands. The 
commission was promised, and issued after long delay, in Sept. 
1779, to relate back to Jan. 1, 1777. Such is the account tra- 
dition gives of his military rank. The honors, ill won, were not 
long worn. He was discharged Oct. 14, 1780, at Newark, in 
New Jersey, from Col. Rufus Putnam's regiment. 

The deficiency of honorable sentiment in his mental constitu- 
tion, may be inferred from a characteristic incident. Lafayette 
had presented, in 1780, to each of the American officers under 
his immediate command, an elegant sword. Such pledge of re- 
gard from the patriot chief, a soldier with a spark of generous 
feeling, would have cherished as his dearest possession, and trans- 
mitted to his posterity as an heirloom of inestimable value. Shays 
sold the gift of his commander for a few jlollars. 

After being disbanded, he retired to Pelham, and lived in ob- 
scurity. Bankrupt in fortune and in fame. Shays was ready to 
embark on the flood of any desperate adventure. Without the 
energetic decision or enlarged conceptions, the strong spirit or the 
bold daring, which befit a leader, by some accident, he was ele- 
vated to the command of the insurgents. Of capacity too hum- 
ble to direct the movements of an army in those moments when 
the force of talent makes itself felt by triumphant results, and 
turns even obstructions into encouragements, he was weak, vacil- 
lating and irresolute. It was providential that the physical power 
of the arm of rebellion had so feeble a head to direct its blow. 



DANIEL SHAYS. 117 

With the first shade of adversity, 1)6 made indirect overtures 
to the agents of government, to abandon his comrades to their ' 
fate, on assurance of personal safely : and when his base propo- 
sitions were rejected, and promises of indemnity and pardon 
were offered to his followers, his persuasions induced them to re- 
ject the jjroffercd mercy and retain the arms of hopeless contio- 
versy, to j)urchase by tiieir sacrifice security for himself. 

When the insurrection was crushed, he retired to Vermont. 
After the lapse of a few years, the general of the rebellion 
passed through the streets of Worcester, which he once entered 
at the head of an army, and received assistance from those whose 
homes he had threatened with desolation. 

At length he removed to Sparta, in New York. As a pen- 
sioner of the United States, he derived his daily bread from the 
government whose forces he had encountered in arms. Declara- 
tions filed in the department of war, by himself, show that his 
family consisted of an aged wife, and that he lived in extreme 
poverty. He died, Sept. 29, 1825, aged 84.* 

However much the honor and integrity of Daniel Shays were 
questioned, his courage was never disputed. He was in the bat- 
tle of Bunker's Hill, at the capture of Burgoyne, and at the 
storming of Stony Point : was under liafayeite, and did good 
service in many bloody encounters. A severe wound, received 
during the revolution, was honorary testimonial of intrepidity. 

"He married Waiicy Itaven, a widow. The schedule of his property in 1820, 
filed in the pension office, exhibits a condition of almost utter destitution. It is as 
follows : 

1 mare, g25 : 1 old saddle, ^2,50 : 1 bridle, 50 cts. : 1 old cutter, ^5 ; 1 old axe, 
C2i cts. : Ihoe, 62i cts.: 1 table, .^3 : 3 chairs, $\,\t\. 1 old scythe and snath, 
51,12i: 1 old pail, 12J cts. : 1 large Bible, *?1 : amounting to ^40,62^. 



ECCLESIASTICAL IIISTORT. 



The Proprietors, having erected a meeting house "on Rocky 
Plain, near the Pines," proceeded, in the month of April, 1723, 
lo select a person to be their minister. Of the 38 votes cast, Mr. 
Job Gushing, of Hinghaui, (a graduate of Harvard University, 
1714,) had 18. 

At an adjourned meeting, holden on the 15th May, Mr. Gush- 
ing was chosen, "by a full vote." His ordination took place on 
the 4th of December, 1723. The church records give no par- 
ticulars respecting this interesting event. They do not inform us 
what churches were represented by their pastors and delegates 
on that occasion, or by whom the ordination sermon was preached. 
They begin with " the names of the persons embodied into a church 
state at Shrewsbury, at the time of their ordination, Dec. 4, 1723." 

They adopted a covenant, a copy of which follows, and sev- 
erally signed it in the order their names here appear. 
"a copy of the church covenant." 

We, whose names are subscribed, inhabitants of the Town of 
Shrev.'sbury, being sensible of the inconstancy of our hearts with 
the Lord, and proneness of spirit to go astray from him, for 
which we desire to be unfeignedly humbled in the sight of God 
— and now, desiring to be joined forever unto the Lord Jesus, as 
members of him, our blessed Head, and to cleave unto him in 
spiritual love and communion, accordinj,^ to his blessed institutions, 
that so we might enjoy more of himself, in his own holy and 
blessed appointments, and might walk more close with the Lord, 
and not give way to the sinful liberty of our own hearts, 

We do, therefore, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the 
help of his all-sufficient grace, before all his people here assem- 
bled, enter into covenant with tlie Lord. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. HQ 

]?t. To take and choose the Lord to be our Cod ; and 
therefore to love, fear and serve him with all our hearts and 
might and strength, and also to give up ourselves unto the Lord 
to be his people, to be at his disposal, lo be guided and directed 
by his own good Spirit, in all the ways of his revealed will 
through Jesus Christ — [whom we believe to be God, equal with 
the Father and the Holy Ghost.] 

2d. VV^e also bind ourselves, by his gracious assistance, to 
bring up our children and servants in tljc knowledge and fear of 
the Lord, by catechism and holy instruction, according to our 
best abilities ; that so the true religion and knowledge of God 
may be maintained in our families, and a seed may serve him of 
such who do survive when we are dead and gone. 

3d. And we do further promise, by his help, to keep close 
to the truth of Christ, which he revealeth to us by his holy 
word, and therefore to endeavor the keeping of it alive in our 
hearts, and to defend it against all opposers of it, when God calls 
us so to do by his providence at any time, and that we may so 
do, we resolve to make the blessed Scriptures our platform, 
whereby we may discern the blessed mind of Christ, and not the 
new framed inventions of men — [and yet we are of the judg- 
ment, that the whole of the well known Westminster Catechism, 
as explained by Calvinistic divines, contains a just summary of 
Christian doctrines, as revealed in God's holy Word.] 

4thly. \Ve engage ourselves, through his blessed presence 
with us, to have a careful inspection over our own hearts, viz., 
to endeavor the mortification of all our sinful passions and cor- 
rupt distempers, by the virtue of the blood and death of Christ, 
together with all worldly frames and disorderly affections, whereby 
our hearts may be withdrawn from the living God. 

5thly. We are resolved, through his grace, to observe the 
Lord in all his blessed institutions, which he hath appointed in his 
church; as to give reverent attention unto the word of God ; to 
pray with God's saints; to sing his praise; to attend the blessed 
seals with submission to the holy discipline God hath appointed 
for offenders, according to what he hath revealed in his word. 



120 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Lastly. We promise to obey such who rule over us in the 
Lord, and to walk in love one to another, and unto mutual edifi- 
cation ; visiting, comforting, exhorting and warning any brother 
or sister that oftendeih, with much love and tenderness ; not di- 
vulging private offences irregularly, but first going to the party 
ourselves alone, and if he will not hear, to take one or two more, 
and then to bring it to the church, if need be, according to the 
rules of Christ, willingly forgiving all such who give satifaction. 

And now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead 
our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the 
blood of the everlasting covenant, make us perfect in every good 
work to do his will, working in us that which is well pleasing in 
his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and 
ever. Amen. 

''JOB CUSHING, 
SAMUEL BENNETT, 
JOHN KEYES, Sen., 
SAMUEL WHEELOCK, 
JOHN KEYES, 
THOMAS HALL, 
NAHUM WARD, 
PETER SMITH, 
EDWARD GODDARD, 
SIMON MAYNARD, 
DANIEL RAND, 
SAMUEL CROSBY, 
JOSEPH SHERMAN, 
JOHN CROSBY, 
WILLIAM TAYLOR, 
ELIAS KEYES." [16] 

Note. — -After the decease of the Rev. Mr. Gushing, and be- 
fore the settlement of his successor, viz: "on the 13th day of 
April, 1761, the church voted an addition to the first and third 
articles of the foregoing covenant, which additions are now in- 
cluded in brackets, at the end of those articles. "All the 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 121 

brethren,"' say the records, " that were present, voted for the ad- 
ditions aforesaid, save Daniel Hemenvvay, Joseph Sherman and 
Job Gushing." 

The next year, 1724, were admitted to the church,— 
Mercy, the wife of Peter Smith, ^ ^^.^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^j^ 

Sarah, the wife of Simon Waynard, > . .,t , , 

, -r r r^ t > ir C '" vYeStborO . 

Mary, the wile ol Capt. John Keyes, ) 
In 1725, Abigail, wife of Thomas Hall, 

Bathsheba, wifa of John Crosby. 
In 1727, Maky, wife of Rev. Job Gushing, 

Martha, wife of Nahum Ward, 

Mary, wife of Daniel Rand. 
In 1728, Hepzibah, wife of Edward Goddard. 
In 1733, Dorothy, wife of Samuel Crosby. 

These ten were wives of the first founders of the church. 

In 1731, a question arose respecting the expediency in church 
government of having Ruling Elders in the church. 

This question, and matters growing out of it, engaged the at- 
tention of the church ten years or more. 

Church meetings were frequent, many Committees chosen, and 
a voluminous correspondence carried on between this church and 
that of Framingham, of which the Rev. John Swift was Pastor, 
and which disclosed a controversy with the latter church and that 
of Hopkinton, of which the Rev. Samuel Barrett was Pastor. 

The Rev. Mr. Cushing's records, in relation to this matter, 
occupy at least fifty pages — in which he says, under date of 
1734, " The church of Shrewsbury enjoyed great peace and 
unanimity, as to outward appearances, from its first gathering and 
founding of it, till about this time, some things were controverted, 
at least among some of diem, as the following narrative will 
show," — yet it appears by his records that the difficulty began in 
1731 — probably it was not until 1734, that the consequences of 
it assumed a serious aspect. 

This "narrative" of more than fifty manuscript pages, consists 
of copies of letters, church proceeding?, reports of Committees, 
16 



122 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

results of Councils, &,c., and, although interesting, is too lengthy 
for insertion here — a summary of it is this. 

'Mn or near the year 1731, Simon Goddard removed his 
habitation from Framingham to Shrewsbury, and, after some 
time, he delivered me a letter superscribed after this manner." 

'' To the Rev. Mr. Gushing, Pastor of the Church of Christ 
in Shrewsbury — to be communicated to said Church; and this 
is the form of the letter." 

"Rev. and Beloved, 

I am, by reading and considering the Platform of church 
Government composed by the Synod in this country, and com- 
paring the same with the Scriptures, persuaded the form of 
Government therein prescribed is very agreeable therewith, and 
am accordingly desirous of a dismission from the church of 
Framingham, to a church, who acknowledge the said Platform as 
the ruleof their discipline — And whereas the Divine Providence 
has now fixed my habitation in this place, I am also desirous of 
an admission into this (rather than to any other) church in case I 
may therein be subject to that (Platform) and no other discipline, 
or at least no furtlier or otherwise subject to any other discipline, 
than my judgment shall be enlightened from the holy scriptures. 
I apprehend, that much of the benefit and comfort of church 
fellowship and communion depends on harmony in judgment 
among those of the same communion ; and that in order to such 
harmony, the principles of Government must be known and 
mutually consented to ; and that I may act with the greater 
clearness and certainty in this allair, I humbly desire to be plainly 
informed, whether I may join myself with this church under the 
condition above expressed. 

If you shall please to condesend to afibrd me such information 
it will greatly oblige, Rev. and beloved, 

Your brother and humble servant, 

SIMON GODDARD." 

This letter is dated Shrewsbury, Dec. 15, 1731. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 123 

I have thought it proper to insert Mr. Goddard's letter entire ; 
since, as it was the origin of all the subsequent proceedings, his 
views ought to appear as he stated them, and at full length in 
his own words. 

"Upon receiving this letter (snys Mr. Gushing,) I asked said 
Goddard, whether he was free, that I should privately show it 
to some of the church, observing to him, that if they were 
apprized of it beforehand, they might be the better prepared to 
make answer; and he said he was. I then desired as he had 
opportunity, he himself would also speak of it to others — when 
I showed the letter to some of the church, they said they had 
nothing against my offering it to the church. But yet I found, 
that when I showed it to some judicious persons out of town, 
they observed it was very odd for this person to set up an inquisi- 
tion upon the church of Shrewsbury, and although, when I put 
it to them, whether they thought I had best offer it, although 
some dissuaded, yet others did not care to do that — but as things 
appeared to me, I thought 1 had best offer it to the church." 
He did so — "whereupon some of the brethren observed there 
was a passage in it unintelligible, and desired that it might be 
explained by him, that offered it — but one, if not more pleaded, 
that they apprehended said Goddard n)eant no nK)re, than to be 
subject to the Platform ; but were answered, that it was our busi- 
ness to consider well what we did ; for we knew not, but that 
long after, this business might be examined by us, or others — 
one or more signified their esteem for the Platform, and that they 
thought it proper or necessary, that the church should be subject 
to some human composure, and manifested their desire, that the 
church should either accept of the Platform as the rule of their 
discipline, or say howfarthey would conform to it; others observ- 
ing it was probable some had not read the Platform, or were not 
acquainted with it, and thought it might be proper for the brethren 
of the church to read it — whereupon I observed, that it would 
take some considerable time for such a number to read the book 
referred to, and that, if the meeting were adjourned for a long 
space of time, it was likely it would be forgotten — 1 therefore 
dissolved the meeting. But in the run of a little time, the said 



124 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Gotldard brought me another letter — and this is a copy of his 

letter : — 

April 8, 1732. 
Rev. and Beloved, 

Having had no answer to my request of Dec. 15, last, and 
understanding that some seem to he at a loss about the meaning 
of those words therein, wherein my desire to be subject to no 
other government, than that of the Platform is expressed, or least 
no fur they- or otherwise than my judgment shall he enlightened 
from the holy scriptures — these are to signify, that my intention 
was, and is, only this, that if there be any particular point or par- 
agraph in the Platform, that yourselves judge not to be right? 
[upon conviction from the scriptures I would readily fall in with 
the others of the church] — thus humbly praying answer from, 
Kev. and Beloved, 

Your Brother and humble servant, 

SIMON GODDARD. 

Upon receiving this, I warned the church to come together — 
but the morning before they met, said Goddard was at my house 
and 1 informed him, that his explanatory letter was so worded, 
that I questioned, whether it would be agreeable to the brethren. 

Then said Goddard desired, that I would be assisting in answer- 
ing what was objected against his first letter; but I told him it 
was not proper for me to meddle with it — and as I was going 
to the meeting, I had another letter delivered to me, to be offered 
instead of the last mentioned — thus : — 

"April 8, 1732. 
Rev. and Beloved, 

Having had no answer to my request of December 15, last," 
(Sic, word for word as his last previous letter, except what I have 
there included in brackets and in this omitted,) he then adds, " that 
if, 1 knew what they were and could from the scriptures be of the 
same opinion with yourselves, 1 should gladly get a dismission to 
this church. Thus praying an answer, &c. &,c. 

SIMON GODDARD." 

Mr. Goddard underscored in his last letter, but not in the 
former, what there appears in italics. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 125 

May 4, 1732, the church met to consider the explanatory let- 
ter from Mr. Goddard " — adjourned to the 25th inst. — then 
met "and It was put to the church, whether tliey were ready to 
give Simon Goddard an answer to the writings he had laid before 
them — they answered in the affirmative. 1 offered the meeting 
present to propose the form of a vote and none attem{)ting it, I 
proposed this, and submitted it to their cosideration — viz* If it 
be your minds to accept of the writings our brother Simon God- 
dard hath offered to us, or to admit him a member of this church 
by virtue of his writings presented to us, it is desired you would 
manifest your minds by your usual vote of lifting up your hands — 
one brother apprehended the vote not properly worded — I then 
observed, I knew not how to word a vote without referring to his 
writings, and desired him to, if he pleased, to propose the form of 
a vote ; but he not attempting it, it was desired the form of the 
vote, I had offered, might be read again, which was done, and, 
upon due consideration, was urged by a brother, to be put to a 
vote — and it clearly passed in the negative. I think only the 
brethren of Simon Goddard voted in the affirmative. 

After this, for reasons rendered, I thus applied myself to the 
church — I humbly conceive it is your mind, that our brother 
Goddard should be treated with due respect on all accounts, and 
that you are desirous, that he should be sensible of it — therefore 
proposed this as the form of another vote, viz : If it be your 
minds, that our brother Simon Goddard should be admitted to full 
church fellowship and privileges upon the same terms and condi- 
tion that others have, at all times, been admitted, you will mani- 
fest it by the usual sign of voting. And when it was offered to 
trial, the vote very fully passed in the affirmative," and the meet- 
ing was dissolved. 

The narative then proceeds to state, " Simon Goddard not 
obtaining admission into the church of Shrewsbury by virtue of 
his writings before mentioned, he, in conjunction with four others, 
all membei-s of Framingham church, removed their relation from 
Framingham church without their leave, and were admitted into 
the church of Hopkinton in January, 1732 — and soon after this 
he informed me what he had done, and manifested his desire to 



126 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

enjoy occasional communion with the church in Shrewsbury, and 
desired 1 would lay his desire before the church — I soon told 
some brethren of his desire, who answered, they were not at 
present satisfied about his leaving Framingham church in the 
manner he did. Whereupon I delayed mnking his request public, 
but, he continuing in his motion of having his case brought before 
the church, I again spoke to those, that 1 had privately talked 
with, and one or more answered, for their part they were not free 
the church should come together on that business, for they feared 
it would make division and trouble. r3ut the said Goddard con- 
tinuing unwearied in his request, and faulted me, as Pastor, for 
not laying his case before the church. — I told him that some had 
manifested their mind to the contrary, which kept me from making 
his request public —but at length, at his importunity, I signified 
to him, that if as many, or more, should move for a meeting, than 
had on the other side shown unwillingness, I knew not but that 
I might call a meeting ; but withal gave him to understand, that 
if any desired the church to meet on that affair, I chose their 
desire should be offered in writing. Soon after this I received a 
letter, thus — 

"March 14, 1735. 
Whereas we understand by our neighbor and brother Simon 
Goddard, who is an inhabitant in town, and is, so far as we have 
seen or heard, a man of sober and religious conversation, that 
the reason why he doth not hold occasional and transient com- 
munion with us at the Lord's table, though a member in full 
communion of a neighboring church, is not want of charity on 
his part towards this or any other churches of Christ in the vicinity, 
who hold the Head, though they may differ from the form of 
government formerly agreed upon by the synod in the land, and 
to which he professes his adherence, but that he has manifested 
to yourself long ago his desire to commune with us, but has been 
delayed to know, first what is the mind of the church, these are, 
therefore, humbly to request that there may be a church meeting 
called as soon as may be, and therein due consideration had on 
this matter, and that, unless his principles or practices appear to 
the church to be such as justly to exclude him from the catholic 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 127 

communion professed in these churches, or expose him to public 
censure, he may be encouraged to sit down with us at the Lord's 
table. In hope that our request thus offered will not be denied 
nor delayed, we rest, Rev. sir, your brethren and humble 
servants. 

SAMUEL CROSBY, 

JOHN CROSBY, 

ISAAC STONE, 

EBENEZER BRAGG, 

JOHN PARKER, 

AMOS PRATT, 

EDWARD GODDARD, ^ Brethren of said 

BENJAMIN GODDARD, ^ Simon Goddard." 

"This letter was laid before the church, April 24, 1735, and 
after some debate the churcii was pleased to appoint a commit- 
tee, viz., Ebenezer Bragg, Samuel Crosby and Jonathan Keyes, 
to carry a letter from the church to the churches of Framingham 
and Hopkinton, to see what light they could gain and offer to the 
church relating to the matter before us." 

"June 28, 1735. The church met. A number of writings 
were read, that were directed to the church from the church in 
Hopkinton, and iro:n the Rev. Mr. Swift, of Framingham, and 
they are here transcribed, but before they were read, the letter 
sent from the church of Shrewsbury to the churches of Fra- 
mingham and Hopkinton was read. It was directed and sent to 
be communicated to both of those churches," thus 

" Shrewsbury, May 16, 1735. 
Rev. and Beloved in our Lord Jesus Christ, 

An important affair (as we thought) was brought before our 
church on the 24th day of April last, signed by eigl)t of the 
brethren, and after some debate on the matter, the church was 
pleased to appoint a committee, viz., Bragg, Crosby and Keyes, 
to go to Framingham and Hopkinton, to see what light they 
could gain and offer to the church relative to the matter lying 
before us ; and being desired to send something in writing, I 



228 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, 

thought it most proper to send the whole of what was brought 
before our church, for you to judge and report upon, which is as 
follows " — (then follows a copy of tlie letter signed by eight 
members of the Shrewsbury church to Rev. Mr. Gushing, with 
this addition by Mr. Gushing) — " the request is very reasonable, 
if no reason can be alleged against it; and apprehending the 
churches, to whom we send, to know the said Goddard's character 
and circumstances better than we do, we desire that you would 
favor us with an answer in writing, and that you would please to 
answer the committee to any reasonable questions relating to the 
said affair. JOB GUSHING, 

Pastor of and at the desire of the church of Shrewsbury." 

"The church of Ghrist in Hopkinton to the church of Ghrist 
in Shrewsbury wisheth grace, mercy and peace in our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 
Rev. and Beloved, 

We hereby signify to you that we received your letter and 
messengers very friendly, by which, and by whom, we under- 
stand that you desire to be acquainted with the grounds upon 
which our brother Simon Goddard was received into full com- 
munion with this church, he being before a member of the 
church of Ghrist in Framingham, and not dismissed from them 
to us — 

Be it known unto you, therefore, beloved brethren, that upon 
the Gongregational principles, as we apprehend, we received him 
into our communion, as may appear by the impartial consideration 
of the letter directed to us by him, together with several others 
of the brethren of Framingham church, wherein in the grounds 
of their desire of entering into this special relation to us are ex- 
pressed, as also our letter directed to the church of Ghrist in 
Framingham, and Mr. Swift's letter, directed to the pastor of this 
church, a copy of all which we herein enclose. As for the 
character of our well beloved brother, Simon Goddard, we sub- 
scribe to your description of it, and can heartily recommend him 
to your holy communion, and for our verbal answer to your com- 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 129 

miltee's questions, we refer you to the committee themselves for 

satisfaction in this matter. 

Brethren pray for us, your brethren in the faith and fellowship 

of the Gospel. Hopkinton, June 18, 1735. In the name and 

consent of the church. SAMUEL BARRETT, Pastor. 

JOSEPH HAVEN, ^iJuZi/j^ 
JOSEPH BIXBEE, \ Elders:' 

"Copy of a letter inclosed in the above written letter." 

Framingham, Aug. 29, 1732. 
Rev. and Beloved, 

Whereas you have asserted the Congregational cause, and set- 
tled a presbytery of Elders in your church, according to the 
Platform composed by a Synod of Churches in this country in 
our primitive times, we the subscribers, menibers of the church 
in Framingham^ being very desirous of a relation to a church of 
tliose principles, humbly offer our desire to be received into your 
church fellowship and communion, and though we have not ob- 
tained a dismission from the church in Framingham, yet we are 
persuaded you will not judge the want thereof a bar to our re- 
ception, when the reasons inducing us to lay this, our desire, be- 
fore you, have been duly considered, which reasons are as fol- 
lows, viz : 

1st. Having, according to our abilities, searched the holy 
Scriptures and consulted not only our own reason, but also the 
judgments of many great and learned divines of divers persua- 
sions, with respect to church government, we are fully persuaded, 
that the form of church government specified in said Platform, 
and which you have embodied, is a very safe and regular sov- 
ernment, and is consonant to and warranted by both scripture 
and sound reason, and that the kingly office of Christ and our 
own peace, comfort and edification are greatly concerned in our 
bearing testimony to, and searching an interest in the benefits of 
such a wise and good constitution. 

2dly. The Rev. pastor of tiie church of Framingham, bein"- 
of the opinion, if we understood him, that neither that, nor any 
Other Platform of hunian composure, but the Scriptures only, 
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130 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

ought to be received as the rule of government, and those gifts 
or quahfications for rule and government in the churches, are so 
connected with gifts and qualifications for public teaching, that the 
former cannot be without the latter, we cannot but be of a differ- 
ent opinion, and are wholly at a loss as to what form of govern- 
ment we must be subject to, whilst we remain members of that 
church, since all Christian Protestants allow the Scriptures to be 
the only standard, and yet do vastly differ as to the meaning of 
them with respect to church order and government, and though 
we would not willingly grieve or offend, much less judge or cen- 
sure, such as differ in opinion from us, yet we do and must say, 
that we cannot be easy under a government, wherein a single 
elder has the whole power as to the proper acts of rule and gov- 
ernment, and is under no restriction in the exercise of that power 
by any Platforms. 

Sdly. We labor under the grievous inconvenience, in the 
church of Framingham, that whereas, though sense of duty 
sometimes obliges us to speak and act in church affairs, yet we 
cannot do it without being exceeding liable to be accounted 
offenders, and represented as disturbers of the peace of the 
church. 

This inconvenience, together with all the occasions, or jars and 
contentions, in the management of church discipline, which 
naturally arise from diversity of opinions in the church, about the 
mode of government, would cease, if such of us, as are of Con- 
gragetional principles were admitted into a church of our own 
persuasion, and this may be done, as we humbly conceive, with- 
out any great prejudice to the church of Framingham, or die 
Rev. pastor, for we shall be no less obliged to the support of the 
ministry in Framingham, by virtue of the Province Laws, nor 
will it prevent our still remaining auditors in the congregation 
there, except on some (e\v Sabbaths in the year, nor can we see 
any reason, why it should break Christian charity, or hinder our 
occasional communion with them at the Lord's table, or mutual 
watchfulness over each other for edification. 

4i{)ly. It has been our earnest desire to have had the consent 
of the church of Framingham to our admission into your com- 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 131 

munion, and we have requested of the Rev. pastor to lay our 
desires before the church, that either we might enjoy a Congrega- 
tional discipline in Framingham, according to the Platform, or be 
dismissed to your church ; but are left, after long waiting, to des- 
pair of ever prevailing to have a meeting of the church for either 
of these ends ; and have, therefore, no other remedy but this, of 
asserting our right to liberty of conscience, and offering our pleas, 
without the consent of the church of Framingham, to your com- 
munion, which we now do, begging an interest in your prayers to 
God for us, that, by his grace enabling us, we may so order our 
conversation as to give no offence to the godly, but on all occa- 
sions manifest our hearty love and esteem for all such, especially 
our brethren of the church of Framingham, notwithstanding dif- 
ferent persuasions concerning church government; and that we 
express meekness and patience under the censures of the rash 
and uncharitable, and enjoy peace with God and peace with all 
men, especially with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sin- 
cerity, of what denomination soever. 

And heartily wishing to yourselves an increase of temporal 
and spiritual blessings, we rest and subscribe, Rev. and beloved, 
Your brethren and humble servants, 
THOMAS MELLEN, 
EDWARD GODDARD, 
BENJAMIN WHITNEY, 
SIMON MELLEN, 
SIMON GODDARD. 
To the Rev. Mr. Samuel Barrett, Pastor, and Mr. Joseph 
Bixbee and Mr. Joseph Haven, Ruling Elders in the church of 
Hopkinton, to be communicated to the said church." 

" Copy of another letter inclosed in the above-said letter.'' 
"The church of Christ in Hopkinton, to the church of Christ 

in Framingham, wisheth grace, mercy and peace in our Lord 

Jesus Christ. 

Rev. and Beloved, 

Whereas several of the brethren of your communion, viz., 

Thomas Mellen, Edward Goddard,* Benjamin Whitney, Simon 

' Father of yimon Goddard. 



132 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Mellen and Simon Goddard, have offered their desires to be re- 
ceived into this church, solemnly declaring, that the reason in- 
ducing thsm hereto, is their belief, that the Congregational prin- 
ciples respecting church government, as they are set forth in the 
Platform, composed by the Synod of churches in this country, 
are agreeable to the holy Scriptures, which principles, we, the 
church of Christ in Hopkinton have embodied, and having met 
together to consider of the motion made to us by your above 
named brethren, have thought it consistent with Christian pru- 
dence and charity to acquaint you with the same, that we might 
have your approbation and consent in the matter ; or otherwise, 
that you will offer such objections to us, that may justify our de- 
nying them admission with us, wishing an increase of all grace 
and good to you, and begging an interest in your prayers for us, 
your brethren in the faith and fellowship of the Gospel. 

lu the name and at the desire of the church, 

SAMUEL BARRETT, Pastor. 
JOSEPH BIXBEE, > Ruling 
JOSEPH HAVEN, > Elders. 

P. S. The church of Christ in Hopkinton have appointed th^ 
second Wednesday in January next, to consider what may be 
offered by the church of Christ in Framingham respecting the 
admission of the above named members of that church. 

Hopkinton, Dec. 8, 1732." 

"Copy of the Rev. Mr. Swift's letter to the pastor of the 
church in Hopkinton." 

" Framingham, Jan. 5, 1733. 
Rev. Sir, 

Respecting the dismission of church members to remote 
churches, where they do not cohabit, we never had any such 
custom in our church, nor yet in the churches of Christ in New 
England, that 1 can learn ; and I wonder that you should lead in 
such an affair, seeing that, at our last association at your house, 
you declared that you could not take Capt. Goddard under your 
pastoral watch and care, and that you saw no reason for it, while 
he lived at Framingham. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 133 

However, if you, or the chinch of Christ in Ilopkinton, or 
our brethren that you mention, sliall obtain tiie result of a proper 
council of churches or elders, 1 shall, I hope, show all due re- 
gard to any light that they shall offer. In the mean time, I shall 
be glad, if you, or some other Iiaud, would reply to the inclosed,* 
which hath not bedh answered by any argument in any pamphlet 
before or since, in the judgment of the learned and judicious, 
that I have had opportunity to converse with. 1 fear, lest you 
bring to pass, what I formerly told you was my fear. Wishing 
you divine conduct in all your affairs, 

I am, sir, your brother in Christ and humble servant, 

JOHN SWIFT." 

" P. S. Rev. Sir, — I desire you to communicate my mind, 
and that if 1 may have the result of a proper council, 1 shall then 
communicate it to our church. But I decline any motion towards 
bringing in any way such innovation (as that you write about) 
among our churches without proper advice. 

Idem, JOHN SWIFT." 

Jan. 9, 1733. 

''At the same meeting, immediately upon reading of the 
aforesaid letters, many were read, sent from the Rev. Mr. Swift. 
The first, thus supei^cribed," — 

"To the Rev. Mr. Job Cushing, Pastor of Shrewsbury." 

"Framingham, June 9, 1735. 
Rev. Sir, 

According to my promise to your brother Brags:, cum aliis, 
when they were at my house, I send you the inclosed, which are 
copies taken from their originals, and I think are without any 
material difference, if my records fail me not. As for my own 
part, I was always very loth to bring any thing before our church, 
which I knew had a direct tendency to break the peace thereof, 
especially if what is moved for is contrary to the practice of the 
churches of Christ in New England in general. 

As to Capt. Goddard, and the rest of our deserting brethren, 
who are joined to Hopkinton church, I never was satisfied that 

* Whit that was. does not appear. 



134 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

their motion proceeded from a good conscience, but I think I am 
able to prove the impossibihty of it. If your neighbor, Simon 
Goddard, had moved for a dismission to your church, I should 
have promoted it. 

But, if I am rightly informed, a council is, in a little time, to 
sit at Hopkinton, from whom perhaps we may gain some light ; 
and I wonder that transient communion should be desired by or 
granted to fugitive brethren, especially if such communion en- 
dangered the peace of the church. I pray God to direct you 
and maintain peace among you. Desiring your prayers for my 
distressed family, 

I am your afflicted and humble servant, 

JOHN SWIFT." 

" Copy of another letter from Mr. Swift." 

"Framingham, May 10, 1735. 

The awful circumstances of my family at present, I think may 
well excuse me from acting, or doing any thing about what you 
propose or desire, in your epislle dated April 29, 1735. But, if 
you, or your church, or any of the brethren, that you write 
about, shall call a proper, unexceptionable council of churches, in 
a proper time and season, I shall, as I have always stood ready 
to do, yield all due regard to what light they shall afford me. I 
have much to object against the motion of our brethren to join 
your church, which, in a proper time, may be brought forth ; 
and I wonder that you can countenance any thing so disorderly 
and schismatical, the sad effects whereof, if I am not misinformed, 
or mistaken, you may have discovered in your own church by 
what hath formerly been done among you. You may remember 
what I wrote to you, when Capt. Goddard, with others, acted as 
they did. Said letter bears date, Jan. 8, 1733. 

I pray that wisdom and judgment may be the stability of the 
pastor and church of Christ in Hopkinton, and that their zeal 
may be according to knowledge, and do earnestly call upon and 
advise you to study to be quiet, and to pursue those things which 
make for peace, and whereby we may edify one another, and am 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 135 

not without some hopes of your hearing my advice, because in 
your beirinning or founding you were ready to hear the counsel of 
Your humble servant, for Christ's sake, 

JOHN SWIFT." 

"P. S. If I am not mistaken, my administrations in time 
past have been justified by as many Councils, as the Platform 
you wrote of hath been by Synods, and I am not afraid of that 
case wherein I have always sought for, depended upon, and I 
hope, that I have had divine direction. 

As to my sorrowful circumstances, I presume the bearer is 
enough to Inform you. I have sent to seven of my Rev. breth- 
ren to be at my house on the next Wednesday, to seek God by 
prayer for us, and we have great need of the prayers of all who 
have any interest at the throne of grace. 

Idem, JOHN SWIFT. 

To the Rev. Mr. Samuel Barrett, Pastor of the Church of 
Christ in Hopkinton, to be communicated to said church." 

" All these writings were offered (to the church in Shrewsbury) 
on the 26th of June, 1735, but "about half the church being 
together, and with a view to hear the result of a council sitting, 
or soon to sit at Hopkinton, the meeting was adjourned." " Be- 
fore we left the meeting house, Benjamin Goddard said he was 
of the same principles with his brother, Simon Goddard, and de- 
sired that he might be dismissed to Hopkinton Church," and de- 
sired an answer at the next meeting. 

"Aug. 27, 1735, at the adjournment, all the preceding letters 
were again read, and as the council did not sit at Hopkinton at 
the first time appointed, the meeting was again adjourned to and 
met on the 6th of October, 1735, when all the foregoing papers, 
(fcc, relating to Simon and Benjamin Goddard's cases, were read, 
also the result of Hopkinton, which (says Mr. Cushing) I shall 
not transcribe, by reason of the exceeding length, and it being in 
print. 

Deacon John Keyes then offered a paper of objections, relating 
to persons withdrawing from the church, he. Adjourned to 20tli 
October, at 9 of the clock in the morning, precisely." 



136 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

'' Benjainin Goddarfl first asked a dismission by word of mouthj" 
— liaving given no reasons therefor, they were requested of liim ; 
whereupon he offered to Kev. Mr. Gushing a letter to be com- 
municated to the ciiurch, from which 1 extract the following: 

"1 am informed, that several of the brethren did not under- 
stand that I gave any reasons, why I desired a dismission from 
this church to the church of Hopkinton" — he then, after some 
other things, goes on to say, " I offer my reasons, which are, that 
I was fully persuaded the government contained in the Platform 
is very agreeable to the holy Scriptures, and, particularly, that 
Ruling Elders are of divine institution, and that the church of 
Hopkinton do acknowledge the Platform for their rule of disci- 
pline, and are furnished with Ruling Elders — for these reasons, 
and your supposition, that the Rev. pastor, as well as most of the 
brethren of this church, are not of tny persuasion in point of dis- 
cipline, though I am in charity with this church, 1 still continue 
my desires, that I may, with your free consent, be received into 
a church who are of the same principles with me as to church 
order, &c. BENJAMIN GODDARD." 

Here follows '•' Deacon Keyes objections against persons sepa- 
rating from the church whereof they are members, by their own 
covenanting, pleading, they are fully persuaded, that Ruling 
Elders are of divine institution." 

"First. It appears to me to be contrary to the holy Scrip- 
tures, especially to 1 Corinthians, 11 ; 40, particularly applied 
by the apostle lo good order in the church, says. Let all things 
be done decently and in order. Now it appears to me an inde- 
cent and disorderly thing for any to separate fiom their own 
church, if the covenant has not been broken on their part. And 
the 33d verse of that chapter, God is not the author of confu- 
sion, but of peace; and it seems manifestly to (end to confusion 
that should be avoided, and subversive of peace, that should be 
maintamed, for any to separate, without the church has broke in 
u])on that good order that was adhered to when they covenanted 
torrether. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 137 

2dly. It appears to me to be abundantly contrary to the 
Platform, which establishes Rulinji; Elders in the churches. The 
13lh chapter, treating particularly of church members, their re- 
moval from one church to another, says, that church members 
may not remove or depart from the church, and so one from 
another, as they please, nor without just and weighty cause, al- 
lowing withal, the good reason in the world, that with just and 
weighty cause, they may ; but is there such cause ? when no de- 
fect is charged upon or proved against the church, or upon sup- 
position of such an office in the church, which, allowed or disal- 
lowed, was never made a term of communion, as I know of, even 
in discipline ; and in the 2d section of that chapter, they who 
are joined with consent should not depart without consent, until 
forced thereto. 

Now if any person's voluntary and irregular withdrawal be a 
force, it must be a force upon a good conscience, as far as I can 
see. Again, I see not how such a withdrawal can be fortified by 
any of the just reasons laid down in that chapter ; for a member's 
removalof himself from the church seems to be such a withdrawal 
as is there styled unlawful and sinful, if it be from public com- 
munion, in word, or seats, or censures. Sec. 5th. Nay, this 
excellent composure don't allow any members to be incorporated 
with the church where they don't cohabit, if there be a church 
where they dwell, and renders weighty reasons for it. Sec. 6. 

3dly. It is contrary to the church covenant, most solemnly 
and formally entered into, wherein they give up themselves unto 
the Lord, and to the observing the ordinances and institutions of 
Christ together in the same church; particularly the discipline of 
it, so that such as withdraw, (without just and weighty cause, 
proved to be so,) violate their covenant, if they don't withdraw 
from public communion, in words or seats, but only in censures. 

4thly. It is contrary to the custom of Congregational 
churches, if not all the churches of Christendom, to withdraw 
without greater reason. 

Objections against :he church's dismissing any members to re- 
mote churches, upon the plea mentioned. 
18 



IS8 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

First. It seems they incapacitate themselves, who withdraw, 
for the benefit of church relation, both on the cliurches and their 
own part. 30ih chapter of Platform, sec. 6. 

Secondly. Not meetint^ together, destroys the notion of a 
Congregational church. 

Thirdly. How can they that withdraw from their own 
church, enjoy communion therewith? 

Fourthly. Discipline is thereby rendered too difficult, if not 
impracticable. See the 62d, 70th and 80th page of that sitting 
of the Synod. All will grant it to be most orderly and regular, 
that every Christian be a member in some particular church, and 
in that particular church where his regular habitation is. 

These reasons, though not all that might be offered, are suffi- 
cient with me to restrain me from aciing in any thing that appears 
to me to be so disorderly; but yet, if they are not sufficient to 
satisfy any other person or persons that desire to leave their 
church upon the abovesaid plea, or any thing that is not greater, 
I stand ready to consult with any proper judges, for light in this 
article. JOHN KEYES." 

"The foregoing was offered to the church Oct. 6, 1735." 

Then follows, in Mr. Cushing's journal, a letter of earlier date, 
from Simon Goddard, to the church committee, and by them, at 
his request, given to Mr. Cushing to be read to the church, and 
which, it appears of record, " was read to the church, immediately 
after the writings from the Rev. Mr. Swift, and the church of 
Hopkinton, on the 26th day of June, 1735." 

"The letter thus superscribed." 

"To Mr. Samuel Crosby, Ebenezer Bragg, Jonathan Keyes, 
Committee of the Church in Shrewsbury." 

"Shrewsbury, May 16, 1735. 

Gentlemen, 

Whereas yourselves are, as I understand, desired and appoint- 
ed by the church of Christ in Shrewsbury to obtain the clearest 
account you can relating to the ground of my proceeding, to join 
myself to the church of Hopkinton, without a dismission from the 
church of Framingham, and also without calling in a council of 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 139 

churches; I think it my duty, for your satisfaction, and more 
especially for the satisfaction of the church in Shrewsbury, to 
whom you are to make report, to offer the following account, 
viz : 

That about six years ago. a very grievous controversy arose in 
the churchof Framingham, which occasioned me, more than ever 
J had done, to consider the nature and ends of church govern- 
ment and discipline, and in the long series of troubles, wherein 
that church was involved, I had opportunity to discover, as I 
thought, a great inconveniency in having all the power of rule 
and government in a single breast ; some instances whereof, I am 
obliged, in my own vindication, to mention ; as first, an exception 
was taken against some words said to be spoken by my father at 
a church meeting, (in Framingham,) which were very wrongly 
represented. 

My father desired, that, if what he had spoken were accounted 
an offence, the words should be made certain, and that he might 
have a co[)y of what was alledged agamst him, and a time set him 
to make answer. The Rev. pastor dismissed the church, nothing 
of this being done. 

About six months after, when my father was serving at the 
General Court, at Salem, and had no knowledge of the meeting 
of the church, that matter was brought forward, and, after many 
aggravating circumstances alledged by the pastor, I perceived the 
matter was coming forward for a vote ; and thereupon desired 
that nothing might be acted respecting my father, when he was 
not present. 

Several others of the brethren also backed what I had said. 
Notwithstanding which, the vote was put, viz: whether those ex- 
pressions were not censurable evils; and though the vote passed 
very clear in the negative, yet I could not but think, that such an 
attempt was a plain discovery of the necessity of some remedy 
against such proceedings ; and, by perusing the Platform, and 
comparing it with the Scriptures, and weighing, as well as I could, 
the ari^uments for and against the same, I was persuaded, that it 
contained a very scri[)tural and rational form of church govern- 
ment ; and it is very probable, that had there been a plurality of 



140 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

elders, as provided for in the Platform, they would not have 
agreed to have brought forward such a vote in such a manner. 

I was and am fully persuaded, that the office of a ruling elder, 
distinct from the teaching elder, is of divine iustitution, and ap- 
pointed, by the wisdom of Christ, for the comfort, safety and ed- 
ification of his church. 

Secondly. I did, in conjunction with many others, members 
of the church of Framingham, use my utmost endeavors to ob- 
tain a reformation of what we thought wrong in the discipline of 
that church. After sundry of the church had divers times de- 
sired a meeting of the church, to try to accommodate the differ- 
ences that had arisen, but were denied a meeting, twelve of the 
brethren, of which I was one, manifested our desires, that the 
church might meet to choose ruling elders, and some months 
after, renewed our requests, but were denied a meeting ; and. the 
proposal appearing to be very disagreeable to the pastor, in Feb- 
ruary 16, 1731, sixteen of the brethren drew up sundry propo- 
sals for accommodation, desiring that they might be considered in 
a church meeting, but could not obtain it ; and I, being removed 
to this place, and perceiving that the Platform was not acknowl- 
edged as a rule of government in this church, I desired the Rev. 
pastor of the church of Framingham to propose to that church 
that I might be dismissed to the church in Hopkinton ; not be- 
cause 1 was out of charity with the church of Framingham, or 
the church of Shrewsbury, but because I thought it my duty to 
join to a church, whose government and discipline was, in my 
opinion, most agreeable to the holy Scriptures; and that I might 
obtain an orderly dismission into Hopkinton church, I attended to 
the only rule, which I send, contained in the Platform, viz : by 
endeavoring to consult with the church whereof I was a member, 
about the removal of my relation, as aforesaid, according to 
chapter 13, section 21, but found the door of the church shut 
against any consultation ; the pastor refusing to call a church 
meeting for that end. 

I could find no direction in the Platform nor Scripture for call- 
ing a council of churches ; on the other hand, I found that the 
Synod have given their judgment in the case. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 141 

They iustify the gathering of churches out of churches. 
They hold it not necessary that the tnenibers o( a church be all 
of the same town or parish, but declare, on the contrary, that 
civil cohabitation is neither a formal cause nor a proper adjunct of 
church relation. They approve the judgment of Dr. Ames, viz : 
that if any, wronged with unjust vexation, or providing for his 
own edification, or in testimony against sin, depart from a church, 
where some evils are tolerated, and join himself to another, more 
pure, yet without condemning the church he leaveth, he is not, 
therefore, to be held as a schismatic, or as guihy of any other 
sin. 

And though they say, (Platform, chapter 13, section 21,) that 
church members may not remove, or depart from the church, as 
they please, &.c., and (sec. 2) they that are joined with consent, 
should not depart without, yet the limitations there used, plainly 
imply, that if there be just and weighty cause, and they are forced 
to go without consent, they are at liberty to depart, though the 
consent of the church be not obtained. 

I conceive, that difference in opinion about the modes of 
church government ought not to be made a term of communion, 
and accordingly I never designed to withdraw from the com- 
munion, but only from the government of churches who arc not 
of my opinion with respect to the Platform. 

I apprehend, that I had just right to place myself under such a 
church government as appears to me to be most regular, and con- 
ducive to my comfort and satisfaction of mind ; and that no pre- 
ceding act of my own does forfeit the right, or forbid the exercise 
of it, and this I take to be the right and privilege of every Chris- 
tian, and an essential principle of the Reformation. 

And, accordingly, on August 29, 1732, several of the mem- 
bers, of whom I was one, made application to the church of 
Hopkinton, to be received into that church. The church of 
Hopkinton thereupon wrote to the church of Framingham on 
that head, but the pastor did not communicate it to the church ; 
whereupon, January 20th, I was, with others, received into that 
church. 



142 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

To conclude, if the cliurch of Shrewsbury, or any others, are 
of a contrary persuasion, and think me to be in an error, I shall 
account myself greatly obliged, if they will endeavor to enlii^diten 
me, and do sincerely promise, whatever arguments they shall lay 
before me for my conviction, shall have, so far as 1 am capable, 
a due consideration. 

So I remain yours to serve, 

SIMON GODDARU." 

It appears, by the record, that when the foregoing letter was 
laid before the church, they expressed their willingness to hear it 
read ; after it was communicated, " many declared it to be beside 
the business befoie us." 

This letter was not without efi'ect, as will appear by church 
proceedings after Mr. Cushing's decease, and before the settle- 
ment of his successor. 

" At a meeting of the church, October 20, at 9 in the morn- 
ing, all the papers that had been lodged with us relating to Simon 
and Benjamin Goddard, were read again ; and, after reading the 
result of Hopkinton, and some debates, it was observed, by Col. 
Ward, that Simon Goddard's case was first to be considered, and 
seeing he had asked for privilege only by the mouth of others, 
he was sent for to hear his request from himself; and he person- 
ally before the church declared, that he desired occasional or 
transient communion. And, after he was withdrawn, the church, 
at my motion, declared, that they were ready for a vote ; there- 
fore this vote was propounded to them, viz: If it be your minds, 
or the minds of any of you, to admit Simon Goddard to occa- 
sional or transient communion, under his present circumstances, 
having removed his relation from the church of Framingham, 
where he was a member, without their leave, and joined himself 
to the church of Hopkinton, you are requested to manifest it by 
moving into the seats on the other side of the meeting house. 

And the vote passed in the negative, three to one, or more. 

After disposing of that, Benjamin Goddard's case was called. 
It was proposed to him, to see if he and others could gain fur- 
ther light and satisfaction ; and both parties agreeing in it, the 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 143 

meeting was adjourned to the 15ih December, at 9 in the 
morning." 

" October 24, 1735. Ebcnezer Bragg came to me, and de- 
sired to hear read the proceedings of the church at the meeting 
on the 20th, as abovesaid. After reading it, he desired a copy of 
the vote. I gave him one. He then desired 1 would enter his 
dissent to that vote. I requested him to tarry till the church 
meeting, and offer his dissatisfaction to the church, but he still 
pressed to have it entered now, forthwith." 

" December 15th. The church met upon their adjournment, 
when I observed to the church, that we were met on the case of 
Benjamin Gaddard, that for some time had been before us. Then 
Benjamin Goddard desired, that a writing signed by him, his 
brother, Edward Goddard, and John Parker, might be read. 

Whereupon I observed to the church, that, some time before, 
the said pcisons had delivered a paper to me, in which they de- 
clared their dissatisfaction with the church vote relating to their 
brother, Simon Goddard ; but one of the brethren said, that the 
business of the meeting ought to be auended to, but Benjamin 
Goddard urged thiit the said paper might be read first. It ac- 
cordingly was. A true copy of it now follows." 

"To the Rev. Job Gushing, Pastor of the Church in Shrews- 
bury, to be communicated to the said church." 

"Shrewsbury, Nov. 1735. 
Rev. and Beloved, 

Whereas this church, by their vote of October last, have de- 
nied communion unto our brother, Simon Goddard, a member in 
full communion with the church of Christ in Hopkinton, merely, 
as we conceive, because of his opinion in point of church order 
and government, and his asserting and practising upon such prin- 
ciples relating thereto, which he verily believes, as other good 
men also do, to be agreeable to the principles of the Reforma- 
tion, the common rights of mankind, and to the holy Scriptures 
themselves. 

We, therefore, think it a duty lying upon us, before we par- 
take any more with this church at the Lord's table, publicly to 



144 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

declare our dissatisfaction with that vote, and our dissent there- 
from ; which, accordingly, we now ofier for the following reasons^ 
viz : 

1. Because we esteem it an unwarrantable imposition upon 
conscience to require of any person, in order to his enjoying 
Christian communion, subjection to a form of government under 
which his conscience cannot rest satisfied ; and hereto, as we 
think, agrees that of the apostle, 1 Cor. 10 : 29, 30, Why is my 
liberty judged of another man's conscience ; and why am I evil 
spoken of for that which I give thanks? 

2. Because denying communion with our said brother upon 
such grounds, on which, as we conceive, that vote must be 
founded, does, in our opinion, include in it a too uncharitable 
and unchristian reflection upon the church of Hopkintcn. 

For, upon supposition that his offering to join himself with that 
church was criminal, their act in receiving him must be no less so, 
and yet, though almost three years are passed since their so do- 
ing, no means have been used, as we have ever heard of, to con- 
vince him or them of any blame, by this or any other church ; 
but, on the contrary, their proceedings have been justified by a 
late venerable council of churches upon the spot.* 

3. Because if this church apprehend that our said brother's 
translation from Framingham to Hopkinton church was disorderly, 
which we think is all the pretence on which that vote was found- 
ed, yet, since the end of all ecclesiastical censures is the reforma- 
tion of offenders, and even a man that is a heretic is not to be 
rejected till after the first and second admonition, communion 
ought not to be denied to a church, or any of its members, till 
suitably reproved and admonished in an ecclesiastical way. 

We conclude, earnestly desiring, that this church will recon- 
sider the said vote, not doubting, but that, upon a due and im- 
partial review of the matter, they will see abundant reason to re- 
tract the same, and express that catholic spirit so ornamental to 
the Christian profession, which, where it prevails, disposes to 
maintain communion with all, where there is grounds of hope, 

* The result of the council at Hopkinton does not appear of record. 



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there is the truth of grace, though not of this or that particular 
sect or party. Referring the whole to your serious consideration, 
we rest your brethren in the faith. 

EDWARD GODDARD, 
BENJAMIN GODDARD, 
JOHiN PARKER." 

"This writing being read, Ebenezer Bragg offered a paper to 
be read, showing dissatisfaction with the church vote." 

It is dated Dec. 15, 1735. It is of considerable length, and 
for the most part, of like tenor with the last preceding letter. 

The following extract from it contains one of the reasons, 
among many others, for his dissent from that vote. 

" If I remember right, the church of Hopkinton inform us, by 
their letter, that they received him (Simon Goddard) upon the 
Congregational principles; and, except ;he contrary were made 
to appear, I cannot see, but that, in denying communion with 
him, we deny the Congregational principles themselves." 

The narrative proceeds : " After reading this, all the writings, 
that we had lying before us, relating to said Goddard's case, 
were read ; then Edward and Benjamin Goddard pleaded the 
strangeness and irregularity of the vole the church had passed, 
relating to their brother, Simon Goddard ; others answered, that 
they had acted their judgment in the case. IMajor Keyes mani- 
fested, that, for his part, he was free to call a council to advise 
with under these difficulties, if the dissatisfied desired it. Then 
1 moved it to Benjiimin Goddard to know, whether the motion 
suited him, but he, not accepting the motion, signified he chose 
the church should give him an answer. They readily answered, 
that they were ready. 

Then it was proposed to the church, after what manner they 
chose to vote. They signified it suited them to vote by separa- 
tion. Accordingly, when they were ail drawn to the west side 
of the meeting house, this form of a vote was offered to them, 
and read two or three times : If it be your mind, or the mind of 
any of you, to dismiss our brother, Benjamin Goddard, to the 
church in Hopkinton, while his habitation is in Shrewsbury, upon 
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146 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

this plea, that he is persuaded Ruling Elders are of divine insti- 
tution, and that churches ought to be furnished with them, or 
by virtue of his writing he laid before us, in which he asks a 
dismission, you are desired to manifest it by moving into the 
seats in the other end of the meeting house. The vote passed 
in the negative ; only Ebenezer Bragg and Edward Goddard 
voted in the affirmative." 

"The vote being passed, Benjamin Goddard desired a reason 
for their voting as they did. He was answered by several, that 
they acted their judgment, and they thought they ought to do so." 
The answers did not satisfy him, but he vehemently requested, if 
not demanded, the church would give an answer in writing. 

Whereupon I observed to him, 1 supposed that Deacon Keyes' 
objections, that liad been offered, were answer enough. Then 
Edward Goddard asked, whether these objections were acknowl- 
edged or swayed with any, but the deacon himself, and, as I re- 
member, all present but four or five, answered, yes." 

"I then wrote the answer for the church, that the objections 
that had been offered by Deacon Keyes, in their opinion, were of 
weight, and had not been answered." 

At the close of this meeting, there appeared a willingness to 
seek light and direction of a CDimril. " Adjourned to the 25th 
Deceniber, immediately after lecture — the lecture to begin at 
ten of the clock." 

" Dec. 25, 1735. The church met upon adjournment. I 
observed upon what account we were met. Samuel Crosby then 
desired the church might know, whether Edward and Benjamin 
Goddard desired a council, and they answered, they desired one, 
if the church did." " One or more attending this meeting, butnot 
present at the previous one, desired that what was offered in 
writing at that time might be read. Some objected, that it was 
improper by reason it was not what we met upon ; but upon the 
importunity of B. Goddard, if not some others, the paper read at 
the last meeting, signed by Edward and Benjamin Goddard, and 
John Parker, and one offered by E. Bragg, at his importunity, 
was read " — "then the discourse of calling a council was brought 
forward — The form of a vote was offered," — "If it be 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. I47 

your minds to join will] several of the brethren of the church, 
who are uneasy with some late churcli votes and managements^ 
in calHng an ecclesiastical council, lo advise us in our present dif- 
ficulties, please to manifest it. " But Edward Goddard, and 
especially Benjamin Goddard, objected against the method of the 
vote, asserting that, if the church did not desire a council on their 
own account, then they should not desire one ; but if the church 
would call one, then they would join with them. 

The brethren observed to them, that it was on the account of 
their uneasiness at the church votes that they offered lo join with 
them in calling a council, but the said Goddard would by no 
means agree to the calling of a council in this manner ; and the 
church left it to them to form a vote, which they worded thus, — 
If it be your minds to call an ecclesiastical council, to consider 
of and advise us upon two votes passed by the church, the one 
on the 20th of October, the other on the 15th of December, 
1735, at which sundry persons are uneasy, you are desired to 
manifest it. After two or three readings, it was tried, and passed 
in the negative." 

"The aggrieved still manifested great uneasiness at the vote, 
whereby Simon Goddard was denied occasional communion, and 
desired it might be mended thus, that they denied him till they 
received further light, but they refused to do any thing by way of 
amendment ; assuring the aggrieved that they did not deny their 
brother on account of principles, but on the account of what ihey 
specified in the vote relating to him. I then observed we had 
done what we met upon, and if they were ready, I should put an 
end to the meeting. One or more moved for it, but the aggrieved 
remaining so very uneasy, it was proposed to the church, whether 
it suited them to choose a committee out of the churcli : and 
ihey determined by vote that they would choose one, to consider 
what method they thought it advisable for the church to pursue 
with respect to their difficulties ; and also to treat with the said 
Goddards, and see if they could any ways remove their uneasi- 
ness, and to make return to the church, on the first IMotulay in 
February, at one of the clock, to which time the meeting was 
adjourned. The committee chosen singly, by vote, were Isaac 



148 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Stone, Samuel Crosby, Simon Maynard, Ebenezer Keyes and 
Joseph Knovvlton." 

Feb. 2, 1735. Mr. Cusbina; beino- desired to attend the 
funeral of Madam Parkman, at Westboro', this day, the meeting 
of the church was further adjourned to the 9th inst. When, the 
church having met, *'I observed to them, that the occasion of the 
meeting was to receive the report and return of the committee 
we had chosen at a former meeting. Then read, over and over 
again, tiieir return." It was as follows: 

" Pursuant to a vote of the church of Christ in Shrewsbury, 
at a meeting on the 25th of December, 1735, we have discoursed 
with the aggrieved brethren ; and having duly considered the 
grounds of their uneasiness, viz : the vote of the church by 
which Simon Goddard was excluded from communion with this 
church, and that by which Benjamin Goddard was denied a 
dismission : 

We apprehend that it may induce to the peace and safety of 
this church, in the first place, for the church to retract their vote, 
by which Simon Goddard was excluded from communion, and 
pass such a vote as follows, viz : That they will not debar the said 
Goddard from occasional and transient communion with them 
until some censurable evil be made to appear against him ; or, 
secondly, that the church retract the aforesaid vote, and vote as 
follows, viz : That they desire Simon Goddard not to offer him- 
self to communion with them in holy ordinances until a clearer 
light and satisfaction, in the proper use of means, may be gained, 
referring to his translation of his membership from Framingham 
to Hopkinton church. 

Thirdly. As to the vote by which Benjamin Goddard was 
denied a dismission, we refer you to the consideration of our 
church Platform, chapter 13, section 3. 

ISAAC STONE, 
SAMUEL CROSBY, 
EBENEZER KEYES."* 

" Only three out of five of the Committee sign this report. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 149 

*'Thls being read, Col. Ward observed, be tboiiglit it proper 
to examine the return of the Committee in tlie several parts and 
paragraphs distinctly. Accordingly that part of it was first read," 
"That it might induce," (&,c., to retract their vote excluding 
Simon Goddard from communion. See the report.) " And when 
tbey had chosen to vote by separation, it wns pro[)osed to them, 
that if it were their minds to accept that part of the Committee's 
return, they would manifest it by removing into tlie east end of 
the house, and the vote passed in the negative. Then that part 
was read, "and pass such a vote, Sic, that will not debar said 
Goddard from occasional communion," he, and passed in the 
negative. Then that part was read, that the church retract the 
aforesaid vote relating to Simon Goddard. This also passed in the 
negative. Then some brethren showed uneasiness at the last vote, 
and said it never was intended that should be votcnl without an- 
nexing to it what followed. This the Committee observed. 
Then it was put to vote thus ; Or, secondly, that the church re- 
tract the aforesaid vote, and vote as follows, viz : That they de- 
sire said Goddard not to offer himself to communion with tliein 
in holy ordinances until a clearer light and satisfaction in the use 
of proper means may be gained, referring to the translation of his 
membership from Framingham to Hopkinton church. This be- 
ing tried, it passed in the affirmative, very fully. 

Then tried by vote the last article, (in Committee's report,) as 
to the vote by whirl) Benjamin Goddard was denied dismission, 
we refer you to the consideration of our church Platform, chap- 
ter 13, section 3. And this passed in the affirmative, viz: That 
we would consider the iTiatter. Then it was observed, we were 
bound to be in the use of proper means. Then it was proposed, 
whether they would send a Committee to the church of Fra- 
mingham, again to report to them what we had heard from them, 
and to desire them to send us an account, how, or on what ac- 
count, said Goddard left them, and send an answer to some of 
his accusations we should lay before them. But when we came 
to vote for a Committee, one, and I think, Edward Goddard, 
pleaded it was the best and fairest way to choose by written votes. 
Accordingly, in this method, they chose, singly, Major Keyes, 



150 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Col. Ward and Daniel Garfield ; and the direction given them 
by the church, was to take Simon Goddard's complaint against 
Mr. Swift and Framingham church ; and also to request that they 
would make return to us. Then it was thought proper to send 
in writing to the church of Framingliam, and I was desired to 
write to ihe(n ; but 1 observed these troubles fell heavily upon 
me, and 1 desired that the Committee might prepare something; 
if they would, I would sign it. However, the meeting was ad- 
journed to February 26, 1736, that the church might see what 
was prepared to send to Fiamingham church." 

"February '26. The church met upon their adjournment, and 
I read what was prepared to send to Framingham. I observed, 
that if Simon Goddard had prepared any thing to send to that 
church, I thought it was proper that what we sent should refer 
to it. The reason of this was, at the former meeting it uas pro- 
posed that Simon Goddard should send his grievance himself. 
His brother answered, he did not doubt but that he would do it; 
but it was observed by some, that Simon Goddard had said, that 
what he had before delivered to the church was sufficient, and 
that he would not send any thing now. I proposed to the 
church, that myself, m conjunction with the Committee chosen to 
carry the message to Framingham, might take what we thought 
meet out of what 1 had prepared, and insert in it what of change 
was foimd in the letter Simon Goddard had before delivered to 
the church ; and nobody objecting, a vote was called for, and 
passed in the affirmative. Adjourned to April 29, 1736." 

" Then the church met on their adjournment ; 1 read to them 
a letter I had received from John Green, of Brookfield, whose 
house and two of his children had been consumed by fire, request- 
ing a contribution from them. I then desired them, some special 
reason moving me thereunto, to let me know their minds relating 
to the offering of confessions by persons that have offended, 
wliether they should be before the church only, or before the 
whole congregation ; and by what was said, I took it that it suited 
them that they should be offered before the congregation. 

I then observed on what account the adjournment of our meet- 
ing was, viz : to receive the return from Framingham, and that I 



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had received no return — Major Keyes, one of the Committee, 
having been hindered by sickness in his family. John Crosby 
observed to the church, that he was dissatisfied with a paper of 
objections, that had been offered by Edward Goddard, Benjamin 
Goddard and John Parker, very much faulting a church vote of 
October last, saying, that, in his opinion, it greatly reflected on 
the church, and on himself in particular, not being at the meeting 
when that vote passed. Col. Ward said, that in his opinion 
nothing should be brought before the church but what was in 
writing. Crosby said he only mentioned it now, and would give 
his objections in writing at the next meeting. Some asked, why 
something had not been done before this time, and said Crosby 
answered, he had talked with Benjamin Goddard once and again, 
but had received no satisfaction. Upon agitating these things, 
Edward Goddard said he was offended with said Crosby. Then 
his brother spoke to the same purpose, and said they thought the 
sacrament had best be delayed. [This meeting was holden after 
lecture preparatory to communion.] Others answered, they saw 
no reason for it. Then the Committee chosen to treat with said 
Goddards, and see if they could in any measure remove their 
difficulty, said, they had promised, or given them encouragement, 
that they would do something with respect to an alteration in their 
paper of objections. Others replied, the Committee had told 
them this before. Then it was proposed to try a vote, and see 
what number could not come to the communion on the ensuing 
Sabbath, and upon trying, by separation, there was only Edward 
and Benjamin Goddard, and Ebenezer Bragg that declined 
coming. Then Col. Ward inquired, who they were offended 
with ? The Goddards said they were offended with John Crosby. 
Bragg answered, he was not out of charity with any, but uneasy 
and dissatisfied because of the difference between the others. 
Then they were advised to see if they could not remove the dif- 
ficulty among them so far, as that it might not be a bar to com- 
municating together. 

Adjourned to Sabbath day ; and the church desired, that if the 
distance between these brethren were removed, I would let them 
know it before the communion. Immediately upon this, the said 



152 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Goddards and Crosby repaired to my house, and soon rennoved 
their dillicuhy so far as it related to a sej3aration, and informed 
me i might tell the church. Accordingly, before the communion, 
I observed to the church, that the difficulty that had been among 
these brethren was removed, so as not to hinder their communion. 
At the church meeting, Edward Goddard said he was out of 
charity with Peter Smith ; but Smith repaired to my house, with 
those other brethren, and 1 took it that what of uneasiness had 
arose between them was removed. Then adjourned to 14th 
June, at 9 of the clock, in the morning." 

"June I4th. The church met, upon adjournment, and I ob- 
served, that we adjourned to receive an answer from Framingham 
church, and that nothing had been delivered to me to communi- 
cate. Then the Committee, chosen to carry our message to 
Framingham church, was requested to give an account; and they 
declared, that INIr. Swift told them, that in order to his bringing 
that matter before the church, he needed some writings, that had 
been brought before a council, that sat at Framingham some years 
past ; and the writings were lodged, as he apprehended, with Mr. 
Stoddard, of Chelmsford, who was clerk to the said council; and 
seeing the time, that he had been applied to before our meeting, 
was so short, desired that the meeting might be adjourned; but 
Benjamin Goddard opposed ; but it was thought proper to try a 
vote as to adjournment, and it clearly passed in the affirmative to 
adjourn to the last Monday in August. Then one of the breth- 
ren observed, that at the hist meeting there was objection offered 
against a paper of objections, that three of the brethren had of- 
fered to the chuich, after some debate, and a discovery made, 
that about fourteen of the brethren had signed a paper that they 
had ready to offer, it was proposed to them [the fourteen] to say, 
what they would accept of, in a general way, and not offer their 
paper." 

The matter was briefly this — the fourteen thought, that the 
three had, " in their paper " of objections, charged the church with 
false and unfair dealing; and when it was offered to the fourteen 
to know, whether if the three "could say, they had not thus 
charged the church, they would accept it and be easy ; they an- 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 153 

swered in ibe afTirmative. I llien asked the other party, whether 
they could comply to offer this ? They readily answered in the 
affirmative ; and Edward and Benjamin Goddard and John Par- 
ker declared, in open church meeting;, that they had no intent, in 
their paper of objections against the church vote, relating to their 
brother Simon Goddard, to charge the church with falsehood, or 
intimate that they had been guilty of false or deceitful dealing." 
[This was freely offered on the one part, and as freely accepted 
on the other, as satisfactory.] *' This matter being finished, B. 
Goddard, by word of mouth, renewed his request for a dismis- 
sion. Some observed, that he had done that before, and that the 
chuich had given him an answer ; therefore we had best dismiss 
it." " At length, it was voted to give him an answer at the next 
meeting.'' 

" Then I advised those that had been objecting against the paper 
above referred unto, and those that had signed it, to be very 
careful and watchful ; that they might lay aside debates about that 
matter, that no more difficulty might arise about it." 

"Aug. 30, 1736. The church met, &c. I opened the meet- 
ing, observing to the brethren, that our meeting was adjourned to 
receive an answer from Framingham church, and it was desired 
that I should read our letter to the church of Framingliam before 
the answer sent to it. Accordingly it was read." Thus — 

"To tlie Rev. Mr. John Swift, Pastor, &.C., Framingham, to 
be communicated to said church — sent by delegates." 

"Shrewsbury, May 21, 1736. 
Rev. and Beloved, 

We address you at this time for light and satisfaction with re- 
spect to that good order and government, that ought to be ob- 
served in all the churches of our Lord Jesus Christ, and which 
we desire might flourish with us. The particular occasion of our 
needing it at this time is tiie request of Simon Goddard, and sun- 
dry of our brethren on bis behalf, that he might enjoy occasional 
or transient communion with us in special ordinances. We need 
not tell you, for information, that he is now an inhabitant with us, 
and not long since was with you, and a brother of your church, 
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154 ECCLESIASTICAL IIISTOllV. 

But would observe to you, that he has laid before us two reasons 
for his removing his church relation from you to the church of 
llopkinton. 

The one is, that he chose to stand related to a church of the 
Congregational principles. As to this plea or reason, we need 
not trouble you to inform us in order to our passing judgment. 

The other reason is, abusive and unbecoming treatment. 
That is what we desire light in^, especially. We shall refer you 
to his own words and sayings, particularly in two letters ; the one 
directed to Hopkinton church, wherein they desire to be received 
into their fellov/ship and communion. As for his complaint 
against you, or the grounds of his uneasiness with the pastor, or 
church of Framingham, or both, we shall refer you to his other 
letter, under his own hand, directed to the church of Shrews- 
bury. 

We desire a return from your church relating to these things ; 
that so we might know what the accused, as well as accusing 
party, has to say ; and be clear of that just imputation that all are 
chargeable with, that answer a matter before they hear it. Thus 
having represented our case, we earnestly desire you would 
please seasonably to return us an answer, 8ic. 

JOB GUSHING, Pasior, 

In the name, at the desire, and by the assistance of the 
church in Shrewsbury." 

Copy of Rev. iMr. Swift's re|>ly. 

"Framingham, June 29, 1736. 
Rev. Sir, 

My domestic troubles being so great and heavy, I hope you 
will excuse my not writing to you sooner, as I think they might 
from my not writing at all. 

Respecting my not being Congregational, according to the 
Platform, 1 must say, that the Congregational principles, rightly 
understood, were the first that I imbibed, and have, I think, 
always professed, adhered to, and practised. 1 suppose both my- 
self and church [to practise themj as much as any Congregational 
pastore and churches hath in New England, even according to the 
Platfo^fm, as it a;::rees '..vith our confession of faith- 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 155 

Respecting the Hopkintonian scheme about lay or ruling elders, 
(if I have heard right about it,) I look upon it to be as dissouimt 
from the Platform, as darkness is contrary to light ; and am 
afraid that it will prove the procuring cause of the ruin and over- 
throw of that once flourishing church. 

1 do not remember that there hath ever been any process 
against Squire Goddard, (as he is commonly called, I mean the 
father of Simon,) in the church of Christ in Frami^igham — 
only I remember that some of the brethren of the church took 
offence at some reflections, which the said Squire Goddard had 
cast upon me at a certain cluiich meeting; and that was laid be- 
fore the church at two or three church meetings. At length — 
whether the said Squire was absent or present 1 do not remem- 
ber — I asked the brethren whether they thought, that those re- 
flections were censui-able evils, and it passed in the negative, and 
so the matter dropped. 

If they had voted in the afllrmative, the said Squire should 
have been cited and heard fairly. But if 1 remember, and 1 
think I do, that, and many other things, were under the cogni- 
zance of a venerable council of churclies, that were on the spot, 
I think. Anno 1730. And for a single church afterward to haul 
that matter over, the council being satisfied, looks to me to retro- 
grade a motion, and I cannot account for it. What I now send 
you, is according to the best of ray remembrance ; my papers, 
which are many, being lodged with the Rev. Mr. Stoddard, pas- 
tor of the Chelmsford church, who was clerk of the said council. 
If any of you will be at the cost and pains to bring me authentic 
copies of those papers attested by the said clerk, I shall be able 
to give you a more full account of those things. 

As to the admission of fugitive or separating brethren to tran- 
sient communion, when they have left a stated [church] of their 
own choosing, I think cannot with wisdom be granted, especially 
if it tend to any disturbance in the ciiurch where it is desired, 
and 1 wonder why such transient communion should be desired 
by them, unless the same spirit moves thetn as caused their sep- 
aration ; and, if I remember right, there was no discipline in mo- 
tion in the church at FrarningHam, wherein the separatists were 



156 ECCLEvSIASTICAL HISTORY. 

any ways endangered, when they began tlieir first motion about 
Ruling Elders, &c. 1 do not think, and I have been justified in 
It, that any pastor is obliged to lay before his church every ad- 
dress, or paper, that is directed accordingly to be communicated. 
I wish and pray, that wisdom and sound judgment, peace and 
good order may be the stability of the church of Christ in 
Shrewsbury, and of all the churches ; and that no root of bitter- 
ness may ever arise among them, whereby any shall be offended. 
Asking your prayers for me and mine, I am, according to my 
ability, in all Gospel services, he. 

JOHN SWIFT. 

"^I'o the Rev. Job Gushing, conmiunicandum." 

" 1 observed to them, before the above was read, that the re- 
turn we had was only from the Rev. Mr. Swift, and not from 
Framingham church ; the Goddards, and some others, pleaded 
that it might not be read ; others chose it should be read ; I tried 
a vote, and it passed in the affirmative." 

" This letter being read over and over, and after much debate, 
I signified, tliat, in my opinion, our present managements de- 
pended on a former vote of the church, viz : Or, secondly, that 
the church retract the aforesaid vote, and vote that they desire 
Simon Goddard not to offer himself to communion, &lc., until a 
clearer light, Sic, may be obtained ; referring to the translation of 
his membership from Framingham to Hopkinton church." ''I 
then tried the vote, thus, If you have gained such light and sat- 
isfaction with respect to Simon Goddard's removing his member- 
ship from Framingham to Hopkinton church, as to admit him to 
communion with you, you will manifest it ? This was done by 
separation, and the vote passed in the negative." 

'•'I observed to the brethren, that Benjamin Goddard renewed 
his request at the last meeting, and read to them the record of it, 
and their reply to him." 

" B. Goddard admitted there was weight in some of the objec- 
tions offered by Deacon Keyes, but contended, that Ruling El- 
ders, as well as Teaching Elders, are of divine appointment. 
That the whole power of rule and government of a church 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 157 

ought not to be placed in a single elder." " That, as there is a 
bench of judges in a court, there ought to he a hencli of elders 
in a churcl), in order that justice be impartially administered be- 
tween brother and brother, in causes coming before the church." 
" He entreated they would consider his case, and remember what 
a bard thing it was to retain his relation, where he could not be 
easy; pleaded how he was conscience-bound, and was censtired 
by one of the brethren — that they ought to l)e as tender of their 
own consciences as of his." " Deacon Keyes said he durst not 
do it, by reason, he thought, it would tend to destroy the church." 
Some were disposed to have the meeting adjourned, inasnmch as 
"some thought it not only impioper to grant his request, hut 
especially to Hopkinton church. Some discourse was moved of 
granting him a dismission to another church of the same princi- 
ples, as his phrase was, particularly to Mr. Webb's church, in 
Boston." " But it was observed, we could not adjourn on any 
such account, considering our answer to him at the last meeting, 
we had best give him an answer now. I tried it by a vote, and 
it passed in the affirmative." Then "1 proposed this form of a 
vote: If it be your minds to dismiss Benjamin Goddard to Hop- 
kinton church, while his habitation is in SIn-ewsbury, upon re- 
newing of his request to you, and his reasons before offered to 
you, you are desired to manifest it? This being read over and 
over again, and approved, the bretliren were desired to gather 
themselves into the seats at the west end of the meeting house ; 
then the vote was read again with this addition, by moving into 
the seats in the east end of the meeting house ; and the vote 
abundantly passed in the negative. It was allowed, we had fin- 
ished the business we met upon, and I declared the meeting dis- 
solved." 

"Nov. 3, 1736. Edward Goddard and Ebenezer Braj^g pre- 
sented, at a church meeting, a paper, desiring a dismission to 
Hopkinton church ; some desired it might be read ; others de- 
sired it might not be read." " I thought it the clearest way to 
try their minds by a vote, and it passed in the negative." 

"Nov. II, 1736. After the annual thanksgiving service, I 
observed, that Edward Goddard and Eber.ezer Bragg desired a 



158 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

copy of what was done at the jorevioiis meeting. But at this 
time, their request for a dismission was read." 

'• Adfh'essed to the pastor, with a request that it may be com- 
municated to the church." Thus, 

"Shrewsbury, Oct. 29, 1736. 
Rev. and Beloved, 

We think it is evident, botli from Scripture and experience, 
that two cannot walk together, except they be agreed ; and inas- 
much as there are at least two points, referring to the discipline 
appointed by Christ in his church, wherein we are constrained 
to difler from the opinion and judgment of this church ; and those 
points so essential in the practice of church order and discipline, 
that we cannot act in faith in the discharge of the duties, nor ex- 
pect to share in the privileges of a church relation with this 
church respecting its discipline ; we desire, that you grant us a 
dismission to a church of the same principles with ourselves, and 
where we may, notwithstanding its remoteness, at some times and 
on some occasions, bear a part in the duties, and share in the 
privileges of church discipline. We, therefore, desire your 
charitable dismission of us to the church of Christ in Hopkinton ; 
first, because that church is furnished with a presbytery, which 
we account necessary. Secondly, because we esteem it a decent 
and Christian respect to be paid to a church, to desire and en- 
deavor to obtain its consent in the removal of a church relation. 

EDWARD GODDARD, 
EBENEZER BRAGG." 

No action was had at this time on their request. 

Jan. 20, 1737. A letter from the church in Hopkinton, to the 
church in Shrewsbury, was read to the brethren by the Rev. Mr. 
Gushing. Thus, 
"Rev. and Beloved, 

These are to inform you, that one of your brethren, Benjamin 
Goddard, hath offered his desire to join in full communion with 
this church. The ground of his desire is," &c. [This I omit. 
It being the same on which he asked a dismission from the church 
in Shrewsbury.] " It is our earnest desire, therefore, that you 
would testify your charity to us, either by giving your said brother 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 159 

letters of dismission and recommendalion to us, or by laying iie- 
fore us such objections as may be a sufficient bar to our recep- 
tion of him into full communion with us. 

We also acquaint you, that the wife of Benjamin Goddard 
stands publicly propounded for full communion with us — that, if 
there be any objections against her being received, this church 
may have seasonable notice thereof, whicli we desire may be by 
the first of February next; at whicli time this chmch is to meet 
and act what we think proper, respecting the admission or non- 
admission of the said Benjamin Goddard into our fellowship and 
communion. Thus commending you to the grace of God, &.c. 

SAMUEL BARRETT, Pastor, 
JOSEPH HAVENoi?M/f;/o- 
JOSEPH BIXBEE, \ Elders. 

In the name and with the consent of the church. 
Hopkinton, Dec. 17, 1736. 

We have appointed our brother, Simon Goddard, to wait upon 
you for an answer." 

Answer sent to the church of Hopkinton. 

"To the Rev. JNlr. Samuel Barrett, Pastor of, S>ic., to be 
communicated. 

Shrewsbury, Jan. 26, 1737. 
Rev. and Beloved, 

You have, in your writing, directed to us, informed us, that 
you earnestly desire," &c., Sec. [Same as in the letter from 
Hopkinton.] 

'■Now these may certify you, that he asked a dismission from 
us to you, and that his request was under consideration more than 
a year, and at a great number of church meetings. And what 
was transacted in them relating to this affair, would be very 
costly, as to time and other ways, to relate. But we would ob- 
serve to you, that soon after his request was laid before the 
church, with respect to dismissing him in the manner he re- 
quested, and although he attempted to answer those objections, 
[raised against his dismission,] yet, when the church came to give 
him a full answer to his request, he insisted on their telling him 



160 " ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

why they voted as they did — they agreed in giving of him this 
answer, that, in their judgment, the objections that had been of- 
fered, were of weight, and had not been answered ; and some of 
these ohjections, we have, since the first offering of them, found 
to be great and weighty, by what hatti occurred among us — the 
|)rinci|)al heads of those objections are these — as 

1 . |i seems to be contrary to the holy Scriptures. 

2. To be abundantly contrary to tlie Platform. 

3. To the cliiircli covenant, 

4. To be contrary to the practice of Congregational churches, 
if not to the practice of all the churches in Christendom, to with- 
draw without greater reason. 

A copy of thsee objections, witii what was offered under 
them, the said Goddard soon had. 

So that our answer to him, we apprehend, is as full for you as 
for him — and what weight there is in the objections, we leave 
you to judge of. 

As for what you request, with respect to the wife of Benjamin 
Goddard, viz; if we have any objections to make against her 
being received into full corimunion with you, we would do it. 
Now, if by your sending to us with respect to her, you desired, 
that she should be propounded with u.s according to our usual 
manner, the time you gave us was so short, that it could not be 
done, if the bearer of your letter did his verbal message accord- 
ing to order. 

Thus we have, after our manner, answered your requests, and 
wishing you the best of blessings, &c. 

JOB GUSHING, Pastor. 

In the name, at the desire, and by vote of the church." 

Then follows, in the narrative, a note by Mr. Gushing, thus ; 

"The reason of my saying, if the bearer of their letter did 
his message according to order, was, that he told me, by word of 
mouth, and desired ine to tell the church, that said Goddard's 
wife was to be admitted the next Sabbath, sevennight, so that, as 
1 said, there was not time for her being propounded with us, if 
that was what they aimed at." 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 161 

"June '26, 1737. After Sabbath exercise, I read to the 
church a letter from Hopkinton, which I received tliree or four 
days before." 

It was addressed to the pastor, to be comrijunicated. 

'' Rev. and Beloved, 

Whereas Edward Goddard, Jr. and Ebenezer Bragg, both 
members in full communion with you, have offered their desires 
to be received into full communion with us." [Dismission was 
desired in their behalf. If there were objections, they requested 
they might be offered.] " Brother Simon Goddard is appointed 
to convey these liucs to you, and wait upon you for ansu er. 

SAMUEL BARRETT, Pastor. 
JOSEPH HAVEN, ■)llulwg 
JOSEPH BIXBEE. 5 Elderl'' 
Hopkinton^ June 13, 1737. 

"After reading this letter,! observed to the brethren, that 
there was one or two things respecting the writing, thai the) 
could not know, but by my means — as that the letter was not 
signed by the elders in the name and with the consent of the 
church, as the other letter we had from them was. I also ob- 
served, that the Ruling Elders' names, in both their letters they 
had directed to us, were not written by the same persons; and, 
that, if they apprehended it a material thing for them to sign in 
their office, then it was not sufficient for another to supply their 
names. 

One of the brethren said, that, if the letter did not come in 
the church's name, he apprehended it improper for us to answer 
it ; for, says he, in times past, letters have been rejected or ob- 
jected against for not being sent from the church. Another re- 
plied, if the matter were so, he did not like it any better than he 
did. No one moving any thing, the matter rested and we de- 
parted." 

"Oct. 2, 1737, viz: Sabbath day, I informed the church, that 

Ebenezer Bragg informed me, that the churcli of Hopkinton had 

admitted him a member of their church ; and that he desired oc- 

caGional communion with the church in Shrewsbury, and I referred 

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I(j2 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

it to the church, to give him an answer on tlie next Thursday 
after lecture." 

" Oct. G. After lecture, 1 told the brethren, if it suited them, 
Ebenezer Bragg might deliver his message himself." He did so, 
and, " by word of mouth, told them the church of Hopkinton had 
received him under their government ; and, that notwithstanding, 
he desired occasional communion with them. After some de- 
bate, and for some reasons — it being reported, he had said, we 
had not used means with him, — the church deferred giving him 
an answer until next lecture day ; and chose Ebenezer Keyes, 
John Crosby and Dea. Cyprian Keyes, to treat with said Bragg." 

" Dec. 5, 1737. The church met. The Committee chosen 
to treat with Ebenezer Bragg, reported, that he manifested a dis- 
like of a vote passed on the 3d of JNovember, 1736, by which 
they denied reading a writing preferred unto them by Edward 
Goddard and Ebenezer Bragg, to dismiss them to Hopkinton 
church — whereupon it was moved to retract that vote." 

"After some debate, a vote was tried, whether they would nul- 
lify the vote passed on the 3d of November, though not at a for- 
mal church meeting, and that their request may be read at this 
meeting, and passed in the affirmative." 

"Then proceeded to read the abovesaid request. Then tried 
a' vote, whether they would dismiss said Bragg and Goddard to 
Hopkinton church, upon what they had offered, and it passed in 
the negative." " The church agreed, for some reasons, to defer 
Ebenezer Bragg's request until next lecture day." 

" Feb. 2, 1738, the church met, and what was done at the 
previous meeting was read. After considerable time, it was urged 
to adjourn the meeting for a considerable time, that we might 
well consider the affairs before us. At length, tried a vote to ad- 
journ to the first Thursday in September next, at 3 of the clock, 
and that the case of our brother, Ebenezer Bragg, and the case 
of our brother, Benja. Goddard, be referred to that meeting, for 
further consideration, and that each of them be desired to refrain 
offerino- themselves to communion with this church, until this 

O 

church has determined on their cases, and that the pastor should 
give each of them a copy of this vote, and it passed in the affirm- 
ative." 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 163 

'' Sept. 7, 1 738. The church met — more than half the breth- 
ren being absent, they agreed to adjotu'n. Mr. Stone [Isaac] 
pleaded abundantly, that the church would send in writing to Mr. 
Bragg, what divine rule he had broken, or what they objected 
against him. I observed, I was free and desirous, that the dissat- 
isfied would make it their business, in a private way, to see if they 
could satisfy themselves, or Mr, Bragg, by a friendly conference. 
But I declared, that I could not, and should not, be promoting the 
church's sending ; for the reason, he had already been treated 
with in this way by the church. Also, I had been blamed by 
some, in time past, in promoting an adjournment, when the ag- 
grieved had been borne with as long as was thought reasonable, 
and it made way for many meetings ; and that such a message, 
sent by the church, would make way for another meeting, if not 
many. 

A vote was offered and passed, after they had nnended it as 
long as they pleased, to adjourn to the 31st of October, in order 
to the church's being better agreed, and to their using further 
means with E. Bragg, and to adjourn B.Goddard'scase, for want 
of time to determine now. This meeting held a pretty while by 
candle-light." 

"Oct. 31, 1733. Met and tried a vote, whether they were 
ready to give E. Bragg an answer. Passed in the affirmative. 
After much debate about wording it, it was tried in this way, If 
you are so dissatisfied with our brother E. Bragg's leaving this 
church and joining himself to the church of Hopkinton, in the 
manner he has done, as to withdraw communion from him, please 
to signify it? The vote clearly passed in the affirmative. 

Immediately upon passing this vote, Isaac Stone, Samuel 
Crosby, Ebenezer Bragg, and Ebenezer Keyes desired to have 
their dissent to this vote entered. They and one more [had] 
voted in the negative ; and the reason Isaac Stone rendered was, 
that he apprehended, it was the privilege every one should enjoy 
to be under the discipline of a church, which he, in his conscience, 
thought most scriptural. 

Then proceeded to consider B. Goddard's case, and the an- 
swer he had sent to the church in writing, which was now read, 
and worded thus:" 



J (34 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

•'Jan. 26, 1738. 
Rev. and Beloved,. 

I received a message^ with a copy of a vote of the church ol 
December last, acqualming me, that the said church is dissatisfied 
with my long neglecting the corumunion of said church, and not 
informing them why, or on what account I did so. Therefore, 
although I thought the said church had been sufficiently apprised 
of the reasons thereof, by the requests I had divers times offered 
for a dismission to the chuich of Hopkinton, and the letter of the 
church of Hopkinton acquainting the cliurch of Slirevvsbury with 
my desire of admission into the said church of Hopkinton, and 
also by the particular information that was given to the Rev. i\lr. 
Gushing, by my brother Simon, of my being admitted into that 
church — yet, to remove all uneasiness, as far as 1 may, out of 
(he mind of the Rev. pastor, or any of the brethren of this 
church, I now further add, that agreeably to the Christian liberty, 
which I firmly believe to be allowed, not only by our Platform, 
but also by the holy Scriptures, and pursuant also to the advice, 
in like case, of a venerable council, convened at Hopkinton, 
Sept. 19, 1735, 1 was orderly and regularly admitted into the 
chuich of Hopkinton, where I have constantly attended the com- 
munion. And though I am obliged to dissent from yourselves in 
point of church order, yet I am far from allowing in myself such 
a schismatic or uncharitable spirit, as to deny or absent myself 
from communion with this or any other of the faithful churches 
of Christ, in any special ordinances, though differing from my 
opinion respecting church government, and therefore have not on 
any such account absented myself from your communion, but, 
understanding that yourselves have not the same apprehensions 
that I have of tlie nature of the case, and knowing that you have 
denied communion to one of Hopkinton church, on account of 
his going off" from the church of Framingham to the church of 
Hopkinton, I have not cffjied to commune here since I laid my 
desire before the church of Hopkinton, to be admitted into that 
church. 

So wishing for yourselves, and desiring your prayers for me, 
that we may all be enriched with more abundant measures of 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 165 

wisdom and spiritual understanding, and every grace of the Holy 
Spirit, I rest yours in the ronmion Ihith. 

BEiXJAxMIN GODDARD." 

■• After some debate, and reasoning on this answer, this form 
of a vote was offered, If you are satisfied wiih the answer our 
brother H. Goddard sent us, respecting the church's message to 
him, for l)is neglecting the communion of this church, please to 
manifest it. It clearly passed in the negative." 

Edward Goddard, lo a like message, sent a similar answer; 
and a vote in the same form as the preceding, tried and passed 
in the negative. 

•' Mr. Stone jileaded tiiai he could not be easy, until die 
church proceeded to admonish the brethren to whom they had 
denied communion. Some replied to him, if they should pro- 
ceed to an admonition, they would not regard it." Then ad- 
journed to 6th February next, " to do something furiher respect- 
ing E. Goddard, B. Goddard and E. Bragg's leaving this church 
in the manner they did." 

Mr. Gushing, in a note, observes that -'at the opening of the 
last meeting, I signified to the brethren, it was probable it might 
be the last meeting we should liave on such account. This I did 
to quicken the brethren to attend the meeting, yet i was no ways 
resolved they should not have as many meetings as appeared 
necessary — and as there were not half the brethren at the for- 
mer meeting, so neither at this. IMoreover, I observed to the 
brethren, that it was upwards of (wenty meetings I had attended 
on these accounts ; and that it evidently appeared the church was 
more divided in opinion about the occasions of the meetings, than 
they were some years past ; and that things had so borne upon 
me, that I had frequently of late thought of asking a dismission." 

Feb. 6, 1739. The church met. " I read to the brethren 
the whole of what was done at the last meeting, and, several 
limes, how the adjournment was worded ; and after some debate, 
whether we should look forward or backu'ard in the affair before 
us — at length agreed to try the .n:)rm of a vote, \\2 : 



166 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

To retract llie vole that passed at our last church ineetinj^, 
wheieby the church dechired, they were so dissatisfied with E. 
Bragg's leaving this church and joining himself to the church of 
Hopkintoi) in the manner hj liath done it, as to withdraw com- 
munion from him — and it passed in the afFinnative." 

"This being done, it was observed, that we were obliged, by a 
former vote, to give said Bragg^ an answer to his request, that had 
been some time lying before them." '• Some thought something 
should be done by way of admonition." "Then the form of a 
vote was proposed, viz: To send an admonition in writing to our 
brethien, E. Bragg, E. Goddard, and B. Goddard, for their with- 
drawing from the discipline of this church in the manner they all 
did. Passed in the affirmative." 

"Deacon Cyprian Keyes and Daniel Garfield were deputed to 
read the following letter of admonition to the persons above- 
named : " 

"To Ebenezer Brat^j;, Edward Goddard, and Benjamin God- 
dard, who have inforuied us, that they iiave withdrawn them- 
selves from th(! discipline of the church of Christ in Shrewsbury, 
wliich tliey voluntarily subjected themselves unto in time past, 
and joined themselves to the church in Hopkinton, vviiile your 
cohabitation is in Shrewsbury — therefore we think it proper to 
signify to you, that we now think of your case as we did before, 
viz: That this action of yours was not grounded on a well regu- 
lated conscience. This, wo apprehend, was sufficiently signified 
to you, in those seasonable objections, that were offered against 
persons taking the course you did. We further apprehend, that 
you are not to be justified in this action of yours, seeing this 
church otiered to join with you in calling an ecclesiastical council, 
to advise and direct us under our difficulties, after you had greatly 
blamed the church for some votes they had passed respecting this 
affair. We also signify to you, that, in our apprehension, you 
have violated the church covenant, most solemnly and formally 
entered into, and not walked agreeable to the solemn obligations 
you laid yourselves under amongst us, in time past, and although 
one of you is pleased to ask for occasional communion with this 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 107 

•"hurcli, and we know not but that the other two may request tlie 
same thing, we let you understand, that the very request seems to 
us improper, seeing you have left the stated communion of this 
church in such a manner as we find many Cinistians, as well as 
ourselves, cannot account for ; and considerinir what has person- 
ally been done and is now offered by this church, we hope you 
will receive it as our Christian monitor, [admonition,] and that it 
may influence you to rectify what we have declared to be offen- 
sive unto us, and to return to us, and subject yourselves to our 
church covenant again. 

Moreover we would put you in mind, that plead so much for 
conscience, to consider how incumbent it is on you to be very 
careful of grieving the consciences of others, seeing so many 
among us have declared that they cannot act in faith in commu- 
ning with you under your present circumstances; or, at least, 
to refrain offering yourselves, until you are certain this church is 
well agreed in such a tiling. And wishing; that you and we may 
have divine guidance in this day of trouble, thai so reinaikably 
calls for it, we subscribe ourselves your aggrieved brethren. 

30B GUSHING, Pastor. 

In the name and at the desire of the church. 
Shrewsbury, Feb. 6, 1739." 

" At the desire of the church, I have read the widiin written 
to the persons to whom it was directed. 

CYPRIAN KEYES." 
Feb. 9, 1739. 

" I signified to the brethren," says I\lr. Gushing, " before the 
last meeting was dissolved, iliat if there should be dissatisfaction 
with any, at what the church had done, and division be like to 
increase, I advised they would seasonably call a council." 

April 24, 1740. Mr. Gushing informed the brethren of the 
church, that he had received a reply to what was read to those 
that had withdrawn. 

Also a writing from E. Goddard's wife, requesting a dismis- 
sion to Hopkinton church. A church meeting was then appointed 
to be holden on the 19th of May, to consider the same. 



J(J8 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

" May l^ih, the church met, an(] chose a Committee, consist- 
ing of the Pastor, Dea. Cyprian Keyes, Ebenezer Keyes, Isaac 
Stone, and Samuel Crosby, to offer something to the church at 
their next meeting, relating to the affliir before us." 

"June 16, 1740. The church met, and after many debates 
on matters before us," [nothing is said of n report being made,] 
" V. vole was tried * to adjourn this meeting to the 25th of Aug- 
ust,' [then] to choose a council to advise, &,c., respecting all 
votes and managements relating to K. Bragg, E. Goddard, and 
B. Goddard's removing their church relation to Hopkinton church, 
and all other matters relating thereunto, and that these persons, 
mentioned by name, be served with a copy of this vote, by the 
hands of William Taylor and Ebenezer Keyes, and desired to 
meet us at our •.djournmcnl, to join with us in calling an ecclesi- 
astical council on the affairs mentioned ; unless the church, at 
their adjournn)ent, should so far remove their difficulties as to 
render the calling of a council needless.'' 

" Passed in the affirmative." 

'•' Aug. 25, 1740. The church met, and after reading a writing 
directed to us, by E. Goddard, E. Bragg, and B. Goddard, and 
some writings tlie committee before mentioned had drawn up. that 
were read at the last meeting, and manifold debates, this form 
of a vote was tried ; To retract and make void your votes, by 
which you have debarred those brethren the communion of this 
church, who have deserted from this church on account of differ- 
ent principles relating to church government in such a manner as 
to withdraw from the discipline of this church, and allow them 
communion in all the ordinances of the Gospel."* "Passed in 
the affirmative. Nine voted in the affirmative, and eight on the 
other side. Daniel Garfield and Abraham Knowlton desired 
their dissent to be entered to said vote." 

'• Voted, That Dea. C. Keyes serve those that are separated 
from us, viz., in church discipline, with a copy of the church vote, 
and inform E. Goddard's wife that her plea for leaving this church, 



* It was voted, aulisequently, that tliis was not to extend to them the right of 
R'oting in ihisjchurch. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. Igg 

is so much taken off, that the church think it not proper to vote 
upon it, until they hear further from her." Meeting dissolved. 

" Oct. 27, 1740. The church met to consider the desire of 
sundry of the brethren, that means might be used with them to 
satisfy them respecting what had been done relating to the ad- 
mission of those that had separated from the discipline of the 
church, and in case they could not, to join with them in calling a 
council. After sundry debates, voted to adjourn to Dec. l,to 
know whether the means proposed to be used have removed the 
cmeasiness of the dissatisfied ; and if they have not, to join with 
them in calling a council to advise," &.c. 

" Dec. 1, 1740, the church met, and after some excuse made 
for not using means to satisfy the dissatisfied brethren so season- 
ably as was proposed, and after long debating things with the dis- 
satisfied brethren, and trying their minds by separation, it ap- 
peared three or four could not come to the communion, if those 
that had separated frotn the discipline of this church should not 
come. Night coming on, and it being very stormy, adjourned to 
the 8th December, to complete the business before us." 

Dec. 8, 1740, the church met, and some papers, together with 
the records of past meetings were read. '•' After this, it appeared, 
by conference, some were dissatisfied that the brethren should 
come to the communion of the church, that had deserted from 
the communion of the church in discipline, until they had oppor- 
tunity to speak with them, and I discovered that I was of this 
mind. Then adjourned for half an hour to discourse the persons 
mentioned. After which, I made return, that my uneasiness was 
in some measure removed. Two others made return that they 
were satisfied ; two, that some dissatisfaction remained with them. 
By reason the uneasiness among them was in a great measure 
removed, the meeting was dissolved." 

June 7, 1742, the church "retracted their vote whereby they 
prevented Simon Goddard enjoying occasional communion with 
them in special ordinances, and admitted him to them as fully as 
he had enjoyed them at any time before." 

Although the question of having Ruling Elders in the church, 
and the uneasiness that had so long agitated the church on the 
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170 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

subject of church discipline, had now so fur subsided, as to ba 
spoken of in the " narrative," no more, yet the heart burningu 
that had arisen from the votes of the church and the speeches ol 
individual members, in their discussions, in this long protracted 
controversy, induced several of the members in the latter period 
of it to withdraw from the communion ; and although unwearied 
pains seems to have been taken to reconcile them to return, they 
were, in most instances, unavailing. 

Zebediah Johnson, who had been admitted to full church 
privilege, in 1743, sent to the church a letter, of which this is a 
copy : — 

Shrewsbury, April 25, 1744. 
To the first church in said town.* 

Whereas you have been pleased to send to me, by sundry o! 
the brethren, to know for what reason I withdraw from the public 
worship here, on Sabbath day, and also from comnmnion with 
you in the ordinance of the supper ; to which requests I an- 
swer ; for this reason, because i look upon it, thai the word ol 
God is not preached in truth as it is in Jesns, and because the 
most of those belonging to this church, that 1 have talked with, 
profess to receive it as the word of God in truth. 

ZEBEDIAH JOHINSON. 

The church merely voted, that his answers were not satisfac- 
tory ; probably " by reason the said Johnson had discovered great 
concern about religion of late." Other messages were subse- 
quently sent to him of which he took no notice. His wife Esther, 
for the like cause, received notice to send, in writing, the reason 
of her absenting herself, &c. She readily complied, thus — 

'•'Shrewsbury, June 27, 1*49. 
To the First Church of Shrewsbury, greeting. 

Whereas you are pleased to send some to know my reason for 
not attending with you on the word preached, he, they are as 
fnlloweth : 1. I was, as 1 believe, called out from you by God's 

• The Second Church, now Boylston, was gathered in 1743, of vfhich heresRer. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 171 

words — especially by those words, having a form of godliness, 
but denying the power thereof, from such turn away. 

As I conceive, by the word of God, neither the doctrine tirdt 
has been preached, nor yet the church, is built upon a livint^ 
Christ by a living faith; but I rather look upon it to [as] a dead 
faiih upon which it is built. And so remain your hearty well 
wisher, and would entreat every one of you seasonably to exani* 
ine the foundation on which you are built. 

ESTHER JOHNSON." 

I believe these are the only instances recorded in the "narra- 
tive," wherein ill temper is manifested on the part of those who 
withdrew. Certain it is, the church, in their written communi- 
cations to them, were studious to avoid giving offence, and de- 
sirous to know the reason of their non-attendance merely that, if 
possible, they might remove it. 

I have copied more copiously from the " narrative " than I 
contemplated when I began, but not more so, I think, than I 
ought, in justice to the parties concerned in those transactions, as 
well as to the reader. For to have given only a few extracts 
from it would have been unsatisfactory to all ; and to have passed 
it over in silence would have been unpardonable. I have con- 
sidered it a duty to state things truly as I find them, leaving the 
reader to make his own comments. Yet I may be permitted to 
say, the question of having Ruling Elders in the church, and that 
of church discipline, was, while under consideration here, agi- 
tating the churches around us, and although it was, in this place, 
a novel question, when started by Simon Goddard, it soon be- 
came one of great importance, and occupied much of our fore- 
fathers' lime. 

The Goddards were men of good education for that day, of 
strong minds, independent, and given to investigation. The cor- 
respondence, as carried on, was ably conducted on their part, and 
the " retractions," afterwards made by the church, conclusively 
prove, that liberty of conscience, and the religious rights of man> 
were beginning to be better understood. 



172 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

The quaintness of the style, the proceedings of the then infant 
church — the parent stock and fathers of the present brotherhood, 
and of all such as shall unite with them in conaing time — to- 
gether with the deep and mighty working of the human mind, 
in search of light and truth, so important to its future welfare, 
and the tenacity with which it holds on to favorite opinions, will 
all, as herein illustrated, serve to interest tlie reader, and cause 
no one, 1 trust, to regret that so much space has been devoted 
to this subject. 

A kw more extracts liom Mr. Cushing's records will bring us 
to the close of his ministry. 

On account of differences among several of the brethren, 
mostly growing out of the proceedings related in the narrative, 
as is inferred ; for the records do not specify what they were, the 
church voted to call a council of churches. Col. Ward to en- 
tertain the council. Eight churches were sent to, as follows: 

Church of Catnbridge, whereof Rev. Mr. Appleton was Pastor. 

" " Weston, " " Williams '' 

*' *' Boston, '* " Sevvell and Prince " 

" " Bradford, " " Balch 

" " Hingham, " " Gay " 

" " Westboro', " " Eben'r Parkman 

" " Southboro', " " " 

" " Sudbury, " " Loring " 

"Six of the churches [the record does not name them] met on 
the 11th of October, 1749, and on the evening of the 13th gave 
a result and read it to the brethren. It was left with them, and, 
on the 30th of October, the church, by a vote, accepted it." 
Nothing further respecting the proceedings of this council can be 
gleaned from the record. 

1750. " A committee of ministers was chosen by the church, 
viz : Dorr, of Mendon, Martyn, of Westboro', and Harrington, 
of Lancaster, to discourse with Dr. (Joshua] Smith, on the con- 
troversy subsisting between Isaac Stone and said Smith, and to 
discourse with all the dissatisfied in the church, in order to restore 
peace, and to examine the conduct of the church in said affair." 



ECCLESIASTICAL lUSTORY. [73 

The case was this: "Isaac Stone [had] coni|)lained to the 
brethren, that one of them was defective in a fundamental arti- 
cle." It afterwards appeared that he meant Dr. Smith. Con- 
siderable correspondence had passed between them, some of 
which Mr. Stone read to the church in support of l)is cotn plaint. 
None of it, though lodged with the pastor, appears on record. 
It may yet be in existence. Some portion of it wassincc the year 
1800. The ground of controversy was doctrindl. It related to 
original sin, Mr. Stone contending for, and Dr. Smith against 
the doctrine. " The committee of ministers met on the 1 1th of 
October, 1750, and left with the pastor the advice they had pre- 
pared to be read to the church." What that was, does not ap- 
pear. " It was accepted by the church." 

"Sept. 17, 1759. The church, after liearing some writings 
read from Jasper Stone and his wife, and debate on them, voted, 
to request the Rev. Mr. Parkman and Maityn, both of West- 
boro', and Mr. Stone, of Southboro', to give their opinion, whether 
there should be any alteration in the church covenant of Shrews- 
bury, which was desired by the said Stone and wife. Col. Ar- 
temas Ward, and Dr. Samuel Crosby were chosen to notify these 
ministers, and report the views requested of them, and then I 
promised to lay before them the advice that might be given." 

This is the last record made by Mr. Cushing relative to church 
proceedings. He died Aug. 6, 1760. 

Extracts from the church records, kept after his decease, show 
the views of the church on the subject with which his record 
closes. It no where appears what " advice tiiese ministers " 
gave, if any, in this case. 

The church having chosen Artemas Ward, modeiator in the 
church meetings, until they had a pastor settled over them, their 
records are in his hand writing to the time of the settlement of 
Dr. Sumner, in June, 1762. 

" Oct. 12, 1760. The church voted, aiKl kept Wednesday, 
29th, current, a day of fasting and prayer, to implore Almighty 
God to give them a pastor after his own heart, and, in the mean 
time, to keep his church and congregation in this place from all 
discord." The Rev. Mr. Parkman and Martyn, of Westboro'. 



174 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

die Rev. Mr. Stone, of Southboro', and the Rev. Mr. Morse, of 
Shrewsbury, by invitation, carried on the services. After which, 
" their advice was asked relative to a candidate for settlement 
with thein." 

".Jan. 12, 1761. The church proceeded to the choice of a 
person to settle with theni in the work of the ministry, notwith- 
standing the objection made in the writing aforesaid." At the 
opening of this meeting, "a writing, signed by about twenty, four 
of whom are members of this church, was presented, purporting 
that they never had above one person preaching with them on 
probation." 

Then, " voted, the moderator should set down the names of 
Peter Thacher Smith and Joshua Paine, which persons had been 
preaching with us on probation ; and that each member should 
tell the moderator, which of the two person's names he would 
have his name set under; which being done, on counting up the 
names of the brethren of the church, that voted, it appeared 
there were 18 for Mr. Joshua Paine; being the whole number 
that voted, out of 23 members present." 

The parish having concurred, "a committee waited on Mr. 
Paine, with the call, and reported, that he was constrained to 
give them an answer in the negative." 

April 13, 1761. The church voted alterations in their cove- 
nant, as mentioned at the close of page 120. 

March 2, 1762. The church held a meeting to give a person 
a call, to settle in this place, in the work of the Gospel ministry. 
" After some discourse upon the head of church government, the 
following question was put, viz : whether this church was willing 
to settle any person as a minister, and give him power to negative 
the votes of the church, unless he would previously produce 
scripture sufficient to bottom so great a power as that upon ? 
And it passed in the negative unanimously."* "Then the 
church made choice of Mr. Joseph Sumner, to settle in this 
place, as aforesaid." " Ezekiel Knowlton, Isaac Stone, and Eb- 

* Thus was laid the foundation of that peace, which so eminently prevailed during 
the long period of Dr. Sumner'a ministry'. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 175 

ciiezer Keyes were chosen a committee to inform Mr. Sumner 
of the votes the church hath this day passed." 

'•.Marcli 16, 17G-2. Tiie church met upon adjournment, and 
the committee chosen to inform Mr. Surnuer of the votes of the 
church, reported, that as to the vote relative to the pastor's nega- 
tivintr the votes of the church, the committee informed the church 
that Mr. Sumner was not at^ainst being settled, taking the Cam- 
bridge Platform for a rule of clmrch discipline; and, that he was 
willing, that those articles in said Platform, that admit of dispute, 
should be settled by him and the church where he should settle 
as pastor." This being satisfactory to the church, " Isaac Stone, 
Ezekiel Knowlton and Artemas Ward were chosen to present a 
call to Mr. Sumner, and pray his acceptance of the same." 
Having performed that service, " they reported, that said Sumner 
having taken said call into serious and deliberate consideration, 
and it appearing to be his duty to accept it, he gave his answer 
in the affirmative, on the 19th day of April, 1762." 

*' May 19, 1762. The church having met, by appointment, 
voted, an acceptance of the following articles; and all the church 
that were present, with the pastor elect, signed said articles, ex- 
cept Dea. Miles, John Brigham, and the moderator." 

" Some articles of agreement concerning church discipline, 
agreed upon by and between the First Church of Christ in 
Shrewsbury, and Mr. Joseph Sumner, the elect pastor of said 
church, on the I9ih day of May, 1762. 

1st. The pastor is not to proceed to any act of discipline, 
without the voice of the church — nor to negative the vote or 
votes of the church — but is obliged to own and record all votes 
of the church, as votes of that particular body and church of 
Christ, to which he is obliged to consent as (ar as he can see 
tlie mind of Christ in them, and no frirther. But if he sees not 
the mind of Christ in them, and so is bound in judgment and 
conscience to enter his dissent against them, witli his reasons for 
the same, this he has a full right to do ; by which the adminis- 
tration or execution of such sentence is suspended from immediate 
execution, for want of light ; which they, viz : the pastor and 
brethren, are to seek, either among themselves or by the assistance 
of others, as the matter may require. 



176 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

We, tlioielbre, conclude, from the premises, that no church 
act can be consummated, or nulhfied, without the consent of both 
church and pastor. 

2dly. Tiie pastor is not to refuse a church meeting, when the 
major part of the church sliall desire it. 

3d1y. The pastor is not to withhold the letters missive from 
the church, nor refuse to act in the affair therein contained, if 
the major part of the brethren desire him to act. And these ar- 
ticles, or any matter or clause in them contained, are not to be 
understood as to divest this church of, or to seclude any of that 
power or privilege given them in the sixth section of the tenth 
chapter of our church Platform; and we judge, that those words 
contained in the parenthesis, in said section, ought to be account- 
ed as part of said section. 

The foregoing articles of agreement are considered by us, 
whose names are hereunto subscribed, as a preventive of any 
misunderstanding that might hereafter arise on these points, in the 
regular exercise of church discipline, according to God's word. 
JOSEPH SUMNER, Pastor elect. 
WILLIAM TAYLOR, 
SLMON MAYNARD, 
DANIEL RAND, 
EBENEZER KEYES, 
ABRAHAM KNOWLTON, 
SAMUEL BIGELOW, 
ISAAC STONE, 
DANIEL DRURY, 
SAMUEL WHITNEY, 
BENJAMIN MAYNARD, 
.JONAS STONE, 
SAMUEL CROSBY, 
GERSHOM WHEELOCK, 
JASPER STONE, 
JONATHAN WHEELOCK, 
EZEKIEL KNOWLTON, 
ASA BRIGHAM, 
DANIEL HOWE." 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 177 

" Voted, To have the ordination on Wednesday, the 23d day 
of June next. 

Voted, To have the day observed as a fast, rather than a feast. 

Voted, To have the ordaining council consist of seven pastors 
and their delegates. 

The church inatle choice of the Rev. Aaroi Puinam and Da- 
vid Ripley, of Pomfret, the Rev. Ebenezcr Parkinan and John 
JNlartyn, of VVestboro', the Rev. David Mall, of Sutton, the Rev. 
Thaddeus Maccarty, of Worcester, and the Rev. Elisha Fisk, of 
Upton. 

At a subsequent meeting, voted, to add two pastors more, with 
delegates, to the council. Then chose the Rev. Jacob Gushing, 
of Waltham, and the Rev. Aaron Hutchinson, of Grafton." 

The ordination took place on the day appointed. The meet- 
ing house being old, and considered unsafe, as well as too small, 
to accommodate a large assemblage, the exercises were conducted 
in the open air, on a platform erected by the side of the meeting 
house. The record gives no account of the performances, or 
who took part in them. The present meeting house was erected 
in 176G. The alterations it has undergone within and without, 
and its change of location, need not be related here. 

"Aug. IS, 1762. Joseph Sherman and Job Gushing, in a 
writing, by inn sisned and presented, des re the church to de- 
clare, by a vote, whether they and others, who have not signed 
the late church covenant, that has been signed by a number, are 
esteemed proper members of the ciniic'i, and entitled to the 
privileges of the same." Whereupon the following preamble and 
vote was passed unanimously by the church. 

" Whereas, it has been suggested, that the design of this 
church, in making the alteration in our covenant, was to exclude 
some of its members, viz: those that did not choose to sign said 
covenant; and some of those brethren that did not sign, appre- 
hending, that the church did not look upon them as members — 
therefore 

Voted, That we dii! look, and still look upon them as mem- 
bers, although they did not sign the covenant." 

"Whereas, it has been reported, by some evil-minded person, 
23 



178 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

as though the First Church in Shrewsbury designed to injure and 
withdraw communion fiom the second church in said town, and 
their pastor, in passing by them at our late ordination ; 

We hereby declare said report to be Jiroundless, and very in- 
jurious to said cliurch and pastor, and also to this church — for 
we passed by said church only in the exercise of Christian liberty 
and privilege ; for we are and were in charity with them." 

"Dec. 1765. The church chose Jonathan VVheelock and 
Jedediah Tucker to set the psalm, in the public worship." 

"Sept. 1770. The church of Christ, in this place, voted, to 
set apart Tuesday, the llth instant, for a day of humiliation and 
prayer, on account of the throat distemper prevailing in this 
place. Out of eleven that have had it, nine have died." 

" 177L After some conversation, the church jiassed the fol- 
lowing vote, viz : That those may not be admitted to the priv- 
ilege of baptism for their children, concerning whom it is evident, 
that they do not ))ractise praying in their families. This vote 
was unanimous." 

" 1777. The church chose two more to assist in setting the 
psalm, viz : T'lomas Knowlton and Nathan Eager." 

"Oct. 1777. Voted the sum of sixty pounds, to furnish the 
communion table the ensuing year, to be proportioned upon the 
several members." * 

" May 15, 1785. This being fast day, I desired the brethren 
to tarry after divine service; and 1 then informed them that there 
was a clause in the third article of our church covenant, that was 
excepted against by some, and offered as an objection against 
joining with this church ; and that some others objected against 
relations being recpiired at the time of admission. These things 
1 desired the brethren to take into their serious consideration." 

"May 19, 17S3. Voted, To discontinue the practice of re- 
quiring relations of candidates for church membership at the time 
of admission," 

" Vottd, That the last clause in the third article, viz : " And 
yet we are of the judgment, that the whole of the well known 

* CoDtinenlal money had become almost worthless 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. I79 

Westminster Catechism, as explained by Calvinistic divines, con- 
tarns a just summary of Chrisiian doctrine, as revealed in God's 
holy word," should be erased from the church covenant." 

" The church voted to have the psalm read hne by line at the 
communion table." 

" 1790. The church chose Mr. John Stow and Mr. Vashni 
Hemenway to assist in leading the singers in performing that part 
of divine service in the congregation." 

Feb. 1791. After some conversation on the subject, 

" Voted, To begin to sing Dr. Watts' version of the Psalms, 
with his Hymns, the first Sabbaih in March next, provided there 
be no objections lodged with the pastor, from the congregation, 
before that time," and " some conversation had about the expe- 
diency of having a bass viol in the congregation." 

*' July 31, 1795. Being lecture-day, the church were desired 
to tarry, when this question was proposed to them by the pastor, 
viz: whether any clause could be added to the covenant, that 
might supersede the necessity of reading public confessions for 
crimes committed before the persons come into covenant with 
the church ? " Conversation had, and a committee chosen, to 
consider the matter, and report. 

At a subsequent meeting, " the committee reported, that the 
following words be prefixed to the covenant, viz: " Conscious of 
our offences, and asking forgiveness of God, of this church, and 
of all whom we have offended." "To give all an opportunity 
to attend unto the matter, they voted not to act upon the report 
at that time." At a meeting in October following, 

'* Voted, To accept said report, and that this should supersede 
the necessity of reading public confessions," &c., as above. 

" Dec. 1796. Being lecture-day, the brethren were desired 
to tarry after divine service ; when the pastor presented them two 
pieces of plate, as a donation from the Hon. Artemas Ward." 

" Voted their acceptance of the same, and that the thanks of 
the church be presented," &,c.* 

* Peter Smith, who died in 1748, bequeathed " £50, old tenor." to the church in 
tiie South Piirish ; equiv;ileiit to ^21 federal currency. It was mostly expended 
in procuring a silver cup (or the use of the church, with bis name engraved upou it. 



IgO ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

1793. " Capt. Thomas Knowlton, who had served for many 
years as chorister, desired some others might be chosen to lead in 
the singing." 

"The church voted to proceed to choose some for that pur- 
pose, on the 21st of June, at a special lecture ; and appointed a 
committee from their body, to confer wilh the singers upon the 
subject ; and voted, that the conoregation and the singers, in par- 
ticular, be invited lo aiend, and join in the choice of some suit- 
j able persons to lead in singing." 

At the time appointed, " Dr. Paul Dean, Messrs. Shepard 
Pratt, and Ebenezer Drury were severally chosen by the church 
and congregation." * 

So harmonious was the church during Dr. Sumner's ministry, 
that his records contain but little to interest the general reader. 

"At a church meeting, Jan. 11, 1820, vote;l, to adjourn to 
the ISth. Then to proceed to the choice of another pastor, if 
the church appear to he ready." 

Dr. Sumner had, previous to this time, repeatedly sugL':ested, 
in public, to the church and con";regatlon, the expediency of 
choosing another pastor, on account of his advanced age, and 
from a belief that the ser\ ices of a younger man would be more 
efficient in promoting their spiritual vvelfiire. 

"On the 18th, church made choice of Samuel B. Ingersoll, 
for a colleague pastor of this church, he having every vote." 

"April 9, 1820. At a church meeting, voted. 

Whereas, the church of Christ in Shrewsbury have been in 
the practice of admitting some to the privilege of baptism, that 
did not come to the other sacrament ; but finding, that in some 
instances, a wrong use is made of such indulgence, it has of late 
years been going out of use, and we are willing it should be 

At this late day, when oiir currency, as estal)lished by law, is reckoned in dollars 
and cents, it sounds «))Y//7«a/crf to lipar articles priced in shillings and pence, a.nd 
conveys the idea that the articles may be as stale as that currency. The practice 
should be discontinued. 

* This appears to be the first instance, wherein the congregation were invited to 
participate with the church in the choice of choristers. It was an act worthy of 
praise ; inasmuch as it was a voluntary and virtual acknowledgment of the right of 
tiie congregation to have a roice in what so nearly concerned thcni. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 181 

wholly laid aside, but shall continue to keep our covenant en- 
gagements with those who have been admitted upon that cove- 
nant, and to consider ihem under the care and watch of this 
church." This was called the half-way covenant. 

The parish having concurred in the choice of Mr. Ingersoll, 
as colleague pastor, he was ordained June 14, 1820. "The fol- 
lowing churches were applied unto for assistance on the occasion, 
viz: the two churches in Beverly, the first and third church in 
Salem, the church in Marblehcad, of which the Rev. Samuel 
Dana is pastor, the church in Framingham, the church in Yale 
College, and the first church in New Haven, the first and second 
church in Worcester, the church in Grafton, in Wesiboro', in 
Northboro', in Hoylston and West Boylston." The record is 
silent as to the officiating clergymen. " The Rev. S. B. Inger- 
soll preached to this people, of which he had becoine colleague 
pastor, the next Sabbath after his ordination, but was never able 
to preach afterward. He remained here about four weeks, then 
went to Beverly, and there languished and died, of a painful 
disorder, Nov. 14, 1820.* 

His funeral was the ICth. The iravellin']!: wns such I could 
not attend, but we assembled the same day and the same hour. 
The Rev. I\Ir. Bancroft and the Rev. Mr. Cotton attended. 
Other neighboring ministers were sent to, but could not attend. 
Dr. B. and Mr. C. prayed. I preached from these words, 'Our 
friend Lazarus sleepeth.' John 11 : 11." 

<' Attest. JOS. SUMNER, Surviving Pastor." 

Thus far since the year 1786, when the North Parish was 
made a town, by the name of Boylston, the parochial business 
liad been conducted in the name of the town. The parish was 
re-organized March 26, 1821, and the necessary parish officers 
chosen, since which it has transacted its concerns as a distinct 
body, and in its own name. 

" At a church meeting, June 25, 1821, after some conversa- 
tion, this question was proposed, ' Are you now ready to proceed 
to the choice of another pastor? ' And it was answered unani- 
mously in the affirmative." 

"At th« age of thirty-three years. 



IQ2 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

" Tliey were then desired to bring in their votes for a pastor, 
when it appeared the Re\r. Edwards Whipple was unanimously 
ciiosen colleague pastor of this church." 

The parish concurred, and he was installed Sept. 20, 1821. 

"The following churches were applied to, viz: the church in 
New Braintree, in North Brookfield, in the South Parish in 
Brookfield, in Leicester, first and second in Worcester, in Graf- 
ton, in Westboro', in Northboro', in Boylston and West Boyl- 
ston." The record gives no account of the performances. 

"Sept. 17, 1822. This day, after a short sickness of seven 
days, of a putrid fever, the Rev. Edwards Whipple departed this 
life, much lamented," at the age of 44 years. The Rev. John 
Nelson, of Leicester, preached his funeral sermon. Text, John 
xiii. 7 — "What 1 do, thou knowest not now, but thou shalt 
know hereafter." 

In this sermon, which was printed by request, the talented 
preacher did justice to the memory of him who had long been 
his intimate friend and co-laborer in the vineyard of Christ. 

" A church meeting being agreed upon the day preceding, they 
met on the 1 1th day of August, 1823 — when, after looking to 
God for direction — first. 

Voted, That they were ready to proceed to the choice of a 
colleague pastor. 

2dly. Made choice of Mr. George Allen for their pastor." 
The parish having concurred, " the following churches were ap- 
plied to, viz : the church in Holden, in Leicester, in Rudand, the 
first and second in Worcester, in Grafton, in Westborough, in 
Northborough, in Boylston and in West Boylston." This is 
probably the last record made by Dr. Sumner. He died Dec. 
9, 1824, in the 63d year ol his ministry, and S5th of his age.* 

Here ends the book from which all the |)receding extracts )-e- 
latins: to ecclesiastical affairs have been taken, and all of which, 

* Mr. Inirersol preached but one Sabbath, and Mr. \^'hipple failed one of com- 
pleting a year. Thus, while the united labors of Dr. Sumner's two first colleagues 
completed just one year, his, with Mr. (,'usliing's, completed almost a ccntnry. 
Mr. Cushing's ministry, 3G years, 8 months, Dr. Sumner's, 62 years 5.^ months — ti9 
years, li months. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 183 

with the exception of a few pages, in the interval between the 
decease of the Rev. IMr. dishing and the ordination of Dr. 
Sumner, is in their hand writing. 

Mr. Allen's ordination took place on the 19th November, 1S23. 

What further records have been kept has not come to my 
knowledge. And, as it is not sctft to speak without book, nor 
always pruc^ewY, with it in hand, the ecclesiastical history of this 
parish is here brought to a close. 

SUCCESSION OF DEACONS. 







When Chosen. 


Died. 


Age. 




John Keyes, Sen. 


1723 










Samuel Wheelock, 


1723 




1756 




(1) 


Isaac Stone, 


1735 




1776 


79 


(2) 


Cyprian Keyes, 


1735 




1S02 


96 


(3) 


Samuel Miles, 


1743 








(3) 


Ezekiel Knowlton, 


1743 




1774 


67 


(4) 


Jonas Stone, 


1 765 




1809 


84 


(4) 


Benjamin Maynard, 


1765 


between 1781 and 












1787 abou 


t68 


(5) 


William Knowlton, 


1784 




1820 


79 


(5) 


Benjamin Goddard, 


1784 




1834 


93 


(6) 


John Bragg, 


1789 




1819 


74 


(') 


Gershom Wheelock 


1818 




1811 


80 


(7)* 


Thomas Harlow, 


ISIS 










Jonas M. Miles, ^ 


Since 1829, 


and 


arc the present 


offici- 




Samuel De Witt, > 


ating Deacons. 







(1) In the room of Deacon VVheelock, " distracted." 

(2) In the room of Isaac Stone, who declined serving. 

(3) In the room of Deacons John and Cyprian Keyes, set oft" with, and living in 

the JNorth Parish. 

{i) On account of the age and infirmities of their predecessors. 

(5) In addition to those in office. 

(6) His predecessors requested aid in their office. 

(7) Their predecessors also requested aid. 

* Living. All before him have gone to their long home. Having, in my history 
of the town, published in 1826, spoken of the deceased clernymen in terms of de- 
served commendation, it is unnecessary to repeat what is there said of them, and 
want of room compels me to omit additional notice of their merits in these pages. 
Although dead, they yet epeak. They rest from their labors, but the fruits thereof 
remain, and entitle their memories to a long and respectful remembrance. 



MISCELLA]!fEOUS. 



EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRE- 
SENTATIVES. 

"Dec. 19, 173S. David Crosby, of Shrewsbury, says he 
had been sued, &c., by the Rev. Joseph Emerson, of Maiden, 
for trespass, breaking into his close, house, &:c., in Shrewsbury, 
and judgment rendered against him, prays for a new trial, that he 
may, as he can, shov/ that it is not Emerson's land. Petition 
dismissed." 

" 1740. June 12. John Keyes and sundry other inhabitants 
of Shrewsbury showing that the church of Maiden hath laid 
claim to nine hundred acres of land in Shrewsbury, part of a 
farm granted to said church by the Great and General Court — 
the plan of which describes no monuments at the southeast and 
southwest cor ii^i- thereof; points of compass and number 

of rods, as by the records of this court mny more fully appear; 
that the siid church refus ■ U) seiile the bounds with the proprie- 
tors, according to tlie |)lan ; praying this court would give speedy 
order that said bounds may be stated according to the said plan, 
and monuments set up at those coriiers where there are none. 
Read. Question — Shall tl)e petition be sustained? Passed in 
the negative. Ordered that the petition be dismissed." 

" 1740. June 20. A petition of David Crosby in behalf of 
the town of Shrewsbury, praying a petition of several of the 
inhabitants of said Shrewsbury, concerning the monuments be- 
tween their lands and a farm belonging to the chui'ch of Maiden 
may be revived — read and ordered that the petition be revived; 
that the petitioners serve the adverse party, the Rev. Mr. Joseph 
Emerson, of Maiden, with a copy of this petition ; that he show 
cause, if any he have, on Friday, the 27th inst., why the prayer 
should not be granted. Sent up for concurrence." 



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*• June 27, 1740, concurred. Read again, together with Rev. 
Mr. Emerson's answer, and the matter being fully considered — 
Question, whether the petition be granted ? Passed in the neg- 
ative and the petition dismissed. Sent down for concurrence. 

July 3, 1740. In the House, read, and the parlies being in 
the House, were fully heard by counsel learned in the law, both 
for and against the prayer of the petition, when they withdrew. 

The vote of council read again, and non-concurred. Ordered, 
That William Pynchon, Jr. and Ebenezer Pomroy, Esqrs., with 
such as may be joined by the Honorable Board, be a Committee 
to ascertain the southern bounds of said farm, agreeable to the 
plan thereof returned to the General Court, by Mr. Noycs, Sur- 
veyor, Anno 16G5. Sent up for concurrence. 

July 9, 1740. Came down, non-concurred. Ordered, That 
the petition and papers accompanying the same, be referred till 
the next sitting of this Court." 

" 1740. Dec. 5. Daniel Howe and five others, of Shre\vs- 
bury, pray the Court to set a valuation on a tract of upland and 
meadow, in said township, and that they may be admitted to pur- 
chase the same. 

Read in both branches, and ordered, that the petitioners serve 
the towns of Worcester and jNIalden with copies of this petition. 

Jan. 5, 1741. The aforesaid petition, and Rev. Mr. Emer- 
son's answer, read and considered. Petition dismissed." 

A portion of this farm was within the limits of the grant of 
the town of Worcester, in that part now Holden. 

Indians. — They once resided among our fathers, and around 
them on all our then colony border. 

The horrid barbarities they committed upon defenceless 
women and children, constitute a portion of the history of many 
towns in thic Commonwealth. Treacherous by nature, implaca- 
ble in their resentments, they were cruel in their treatment of 
captive foes. 

As new settlements sprung up, the older ones were less ex- 
posed to their incursions. But the former experienced in their 
t-urn the same unsparing ferocity. Prowling bands of savages 
were on their confines, and in their midnight assaults made the 
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hills and the valleys to echo with their terrific yells; and, un- 
heeding the cries of innocent, helpless children, and the shrieks 
of frantic mothers, wielded the tomahawk and scalping knife in 
the work of destruction, lighting up the heavens with the blaze 
of their dwellings, and that often in the severity of winter, and 
carrying into captivity such as their glutted vengeance had spared 
in the onset, for future suffering and torture. 

It is natural that sympathy for them, once the lords of the 
land, should increase as the danger from their proximity to us 
decreases — but those who are in safety will remember there are 
those who are not ; and what may seem to them as harsh treat- 
ment towards the Indians, although less so than they received 
from our fathers, has never been more so than self-preservation 
required. 

The race, humbled to be sin'e, is now what it was at the be- 
ginning, so far as it regards their nature and disposition. Once 
an Indian always an Indian. He cannot be civilized. The at- 
tempt has been repeatedly made and as often failed. He is sure 
to die in the operation. The white man can (the cases are nu- 
merous where he has) become an Indian, not only in habit and 
conduct, but even in nature. On the other hand, civilization is 
death to the Indian. If he could be civilized, he would, when 
it were done, be an Indian no longer, and when he ceases to be 
an Indian, he ceases to live. 

As late as June, 1755, the Legislature of Massachusetts 
" granted a bounty of three dollars to be given to each soldier 
that may enlist and find his own gun ; and, that the following 
bounty, over and above the encouragement aforesaid, be allowed 
and paid out of the public treasury, for every male Indian scalp, 
above the age of twelve years, brought in as evidence of their 
being killed, forty pounds ; and for every male or female, under 
twelve years of age, brought in as evidence of- their being killed, 
twenty pounds ! " 

And in 1756, " Resolved, That there be allowed and paid 
out of the public treasury to any, who shall be disposed to go in 
quest of the Indian enemy, and not in the pay of the govern- 
ment, and before they go, signify their intentions in writing to the 



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chief military officers of that part of the province, with their 
names, the following, viz; for every Indian enemy they shall kill, 
and produce the scalp to the governor and council, in evidence, 
the sum of three hundred pounds ! " 

In the earlier settlement of the country, an order was passed, 
forbidding any one to fire off a gun, unless it was at a wild beast 
or an Indian ! 

1756. " A petition of Nathan Howe, of Shrewsbury, Ensign, 
also of William Howe and Ephraim Smith, of said town, on ac- 
count of his son, Aaron, soldiers in the late Crown Point expe- 
dition, who returned from the army sick, praying an allowance of 
their accounts exhibited ; also Sarah Smith, Executrix of Joshua 
Smith, physician, who administered to sundry sick soldiers on 
their return home. Granted to Nathan Howe, £5, 16s. 9jd.; 
William Howe, £6, Os. 6d. ; Ephraim Smith, £3, 4s. 4d. ; 
Sarah Smith, Executrix, £l, 14s. 8d." 

Same year, " Zebediah Johnson, of Shrewsbury, represents, 
that he had a gun impressed for the use of a soldier, valued at 
30 shillings, of which he had received two dollars ; that the 
soldier had run away, and he was like to lose the balance, and 
prays relief. Granted to him twenty shillings, in full, for his 
gun." 

1758. "Asa Hill, of Shrewsbury, represents, that some time 
ago he had the misfortune to lose his house and most of his fur- 
niture by fire, twice in the space of two years, thereby is reduced 
to great difficulties ; and the last year, being in the service at 
the westward, he had all his clothes stolen from him, except what 
he had on — so lost nearly all his substance, and has no way to 
maintain himself and large family ; therefore prays for a grant of 
some land in the Green Woods, so called." Neither his name 
nor any of his family, known to be such, appears on the town 
records. 

1765. The House of Representatives " grant Watchuset 
Hill, in Princeton, to Robert Keyes and Eliphalet Howe, in 
equal halves, the easterly half to Keycs, and the westerly half 
to Howe, they to return a plan thereof to the Court, within 
one year, for acceptance, and to pay their respective proportions 



188 MISCELLANEOUS. 

of a tax of two pence per acre, for three years, laid by the Gen- 
eral Court in January, 1762, upon the unimproved lands in th© 
District of Princeton. Sent up for concurrence." 

"In Council, unanimously no?i-concurred." 

A Resolve passed the House of Representatives, in 17G2, 
stating that " there are sundry tracts of land belonging to the 
Province, lying in the County of Worcester, viz : about 1430 
acres, lying partly in Princeton, commonly called the Potash 
Farm ; also about 500 acres, lying in Princeton, commonly 
called Great Waichuset Hill; also about 80 acres, lying west of 
said Potash Farm, — therefore, voted, that John Miu'ray and 
Timothy Paine, Esquires, with such as the Honorable Board 
may join, be a Committee, in the name and behalf of this Pro- 
vince, to make sale of said lands, and execute a good deed or 
deeds thereof to such person or persons as shall give most for the 
same ; the sale to be in the town of Boston, at the next session 
of the General Court, after due publication made, by inserting 
the same in the Boston newspapers. The Potash Farm to be 
set up at £500, the purchaser to pay £10 earnest; Watchuset 
at £50, the purchaser to pay £5 earnest; the SO acres at £]0, 
the purchaser to pay £3 earnest. The purchaser of any of said 
lands shall have one year to pay the same into the treasury, upon 
good security, without interest." 

We may suppose there was no sale of " Watchuset Hill," as 
contemplated, inasmuch as three years afterwards, the House, on 
their part, granted that lofty eminence to Robert Keyes and 
Eliphalet Howe, in equal halves, for a trifling consideration. 

I have noticed this, because of the little value at which the 
" Hill " was estimated, and more especially because Robert 
Keyes, above named, with his wife, Martha Bouker, and a large 
family of children, removed from this town iu 1751, and setded 
'• at Watchuset, but not in any township." He resided on the 
east side of that hill, and was the first, or one of the first settlers 
in Princeton. 

Soon after he settled there, a young daughter of his lost her 
way in the woods, and notwithstanding unwearied search was 



MISCELLANEOUS. 189 

made for several days and nigliis by a great number of persons 
from the suriounding towns, no trace of her could be found. 

This aiiliction laid heavily upon the parents to the close of 
life. Years after this bereavement, and more than once, their 
aching hearts were nearly broken by rumors, probably unfound- 
ed, that their daughter had been seen in Canada with the Indians. 

It was the practice in many towns, and in some to a recent \ 
period, " to seat the meeting house." This was usually done , 
once a year by a Committee chosen for that purpose. 

Individuals were not pew or seat owners ; the house belonged 
to the town ; the Committee adopted rules for their government, ' 
and in performance of their duty, directed in what seats or pews 
certain persons should sit when attending public worship, and, in 
some instances, affixed penalties if any sat in other seats than 
those allotted to them. It does not appear of record that that 
practice ever existed here. Cliildren did not generally sit with 
their parents in church, but on low side seats in the isles as 
near them as convenience would admit. 

Some staid and vigilant person was also chosen to have inspec- 
tion of the audience during the public exercises. His frequent 
rounds kept the little urchins in order ; the badge of his office 
was a pole with a knob on the one end, and a tuft of feathers at 
the other; with the one he rapped the men's heads, and with the 
other he brushed the ladies' faces, when he caught them napping. 

It is said an officer of this kind was once rebuked for rapping 
the head of a nodding man, whose face he did not see, under a 
belief, that he was drowsing, when, in fact, he was only nodding ^ 
asse7it to the preacher's doctrine ! 

All towns were by law required to be provided with stocks and ' 
a whipping-post. These were so lately appendages of a meet- 
ing-house, as to be within the recollection of many now living. 

The stocks were a wooden frame of small timber, that could 
be opened and shut, wherein persons, disorderly in Sabbath or 
town meetings, were wont to be confined during meeting, as a 
punishment for m.isbehavior. 

Tradition says, the person who made the stocks for this town, 
was the^r^^ one required to occupy them, and received payment 



190 MISCELLANEOUS. 

for them in the remittance of a fine, that accrued to the town for 
his offence. 

From the same source is the following : A person addicted to 
profane swearing, an offence more frequently followed by punish- 
ment formerly, than at the present day, was guilty of that offence 
in the presence of a magistrate, who caused the offender to be 
arrested and brought before him without delay, and sentenced 
him to pay a fine for that offence ; which he as promptly paid 
down ; at the same time asking the magistrate, " to whom is the 
fine to go? " The reply was "one-half to the complainant and 
the other half to the poor of the town ; " whereupon he ex- 
claimed, uttering another oath, " Then you will get the whole of 
it ! " For this second offence, he was sentenced to pay another 
fine. Finding it a money loosing business, he paid it in silence, 
and departed, muttering, no doubt, inaudible oaths not cogniza- 
ble by civil authority. 

By an ancient colonial law, a penalty of forty shillings, at- 
tached to every town, by way of fine, that was two months at one 
time not provided with a drum. Drums were employed before 
bells came into use for the purpose of drumming people out to 
meeting on the Sabbath, no less than to alarm and rally them at 
all times on the appearance of the savage foe. Careful manage- 
ment on the part of him, who beat it, was necessary on the Sab- 
bath, that the people might not mistake the drum ecclesiastic for 
the drum military. 

Tobacco was early cultivated by our ancestors, and considered 
bv them essential to their health and comfort. 

Many can yet remember, when every farmer had his tobacco 
yard, as well as his cornfield ; die former received quite as much 
of his attention as the latter. It was to him physic in sickness, 
and food and comfort at all times. Tobacco, no less than other, 
rations, were drawn by soldiers in the public service. 

Nevertheless, it seems the use of it was early abused ; for in 
1640, it was enacted, "that if any persons take tobacco, wiiilst 
they are empannelled upon a jury, to forfeit five shillings for every 
default, except they have given their verdict, or are not to give 
it until the next day." And, in 1646, that, " whereas there is 



MISCELLANEOUS. 191 

great abuse in taking of tobacco, in very uncivil manner, in the 
streets, if any person or persons shall be found or seen hereafter 
taking tobacco publicly in the open streets of any town, unless it 
be soldiers in time of their training, every such person or per- 
sons so offending, shall forfeit and pay to the town's use, for the 
first default, twelve pence ; for the second, two shillings ; and for 
every such default afterwards, two shillings. And it shall be 
lawful for the constable of every township, without further 
warrant, upon sight or information thereof, to distrain his or their 
goods for it, as do refuse to pay it upon his demand." 

This law, like all others of a sumptuary kind, it would seem, 
was but little regarded; for in 1669, it was "enacted by the 
Court, that any person or persons who shall be found smoking 
tobacco, on the Lord's day, going to or coming from the meet- 
ings, within two miles of the meeting-house, shall pay twelve 
pence for such default, to the colony's use." " Soldiers, while 
in arms, are dispensed with to smoke in the field." 

That our forefathers were great chewers and smokers of to- 
bacco is beyond dispute. 1 do not find any act prohibiting 
smoking in meeting on the Sabbath. That they did smoke in 
time of meeting has been stated publicly in print. That the 
loud snapping of their tobacco boxes, after loading their pipes, 
and the clinking of the flint and steel was soon followed by curl- 
ing wreaths of the delicious comforter, which, rising from difTer- 
cnt quarters, soon pervaded the house. All enjoyed the per- 
fume, although all did not join in making it. 

So far as regarded damage to the meeting-house, in case of 
fire, caused by smoking in it, the following enactment would reach 
them. The danger, however, was small, and the number of 
smokers large, the amount of damage in such a case would, 
therefore, be individually but a trifle. It is this — "If damage 
did accrue unto any by careless smoking of tobacco in places of 
danger, it should be repaired by him wiio was the occasion of it, 
or he shall be made to serve it out." 



192 MISCELLANEOUS. 

INTOLERANCE. 

Religious intolerance is said to have induced our ancestors to 
leave the old world for the new^, that they might here worship 
God according to the dictates of their own conscience. 

That they were hard pressed and cruelly persecuted for opinion 
sake, and for boldly asserting the truth of their favorite doctrine, 
is matter of history. They were in a minority, and a small mi- 
nority too, when there ; on arriving here, the case was reversed ; 
they became the majority, in fact, no less than all in all, inasmuch 
as, for a time, there was no minority. When more emigrants 
arrived, a minority sprung up. It claimed the same privileges 
for itself, as the majority had contended for at home. The boon 
was denied, and as the now majority did then, so now the minority 
insisted upon having their rights. For this the majority perse- 
cuted them as they themselves had been persecuted for the like 
cause. 

There they suffered death by fire and faggots; here they in- 
flicted death by public executions on the gallows; banishing 
some, and imprisoning, whipping, and selling others out of the 
country. 

It is worthy of note, that, before persecution and bloodshed 
here had extended far and wide, the persecutors were stopped in 
their career by a royal mandate from home, that merciless coun- 
try they had just left, because they sufiered persecution there. 

They had their virtues as well as their faults. They were 
men, and have left to posterity a striking illustration of what is 
in man ; of his nature, and of his disposition to lord it over his 
fellow man, in matters purely spiritual and religious, to say 
nothing in regard to other things. 

Hence large majorities of any one sect or denomination in re- 
ligion endanger the public peace. There is more danger when 
there is but one denomination, than when there are many, so long 
as each keeps within its own sphere and intermeddles not with 
others. Should any one of them depart from duty in this re- 
spect, and become restive and overbearing, the others will com- 
bine against it, and thus secure their own safety. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 193 

Our free schools and civil institutions arc a sure guarantee for 
the preservation of that religious freedom we so highly value, 
and which no other nation enjoys. 

Some extracts from the colony laws are here introduced, in 
confirmation of the truth of the foregoing remarks in relation to 
persecutions by our forefathers. 

1G57. "In reference to the coming or bringing into this ju- 
risdiction, any of that cursed sect of the Quakers, it is ordered, 
that whoever shall, from henceforth, bring or cause to be brought, 
directly or indirectly, any known Quaker or Quakers, or other 
blasphemous hereiics into this jurisdiction, every such person shall 
forfeit one hundred pounds ; and he that shall entertain a Quaker, 
knowing him so to be, shall forfeit forty shillings for every hour's 
entertainment " ! 

And if any Quaker shall presume, after he has suffered what 
the law requireth, [whipping and banishment,] to come into this 
jurisdiction, every such male Quaker shall, for the first offence, 
have one of his ears cut off, and for the second, shall have the 
other ear cut off; and for every Quaker, he or she, [the females 
in the preceding cases saved their ears but were severely whipt,] 
that shall a third time herein offend, shall have their tongues 
bored through with a hot iron, and every Quaker arising from 
amongst ourselves, shall suffer the same punishment." 

1658. " That Quakers and such accursed heretics maybe 
dealt wilhall according to their deserts, and that their pestilent 
errors and practices may speedily be prevented, it is ordered, in 
addition to the former law against Quakers, every such person 
professing any of their pernicious ways, by speaking or writing, 
[perhaps thee and thou,] or by meeting on the Lord's days, or at 
any other time, to strengthen themselves or to seduce others to 
their diabolical doctrine, shall incur the penalty ensuing ; every 
person so meeting shall pay for every lime, ten shillings, and 
every one speaking in such meeting shall pay five pounds apiece, 
and, if they had previously been scourged or whipt, to be kept 
at work in the house of correction," he. 

" No Quaker, flanter, or any such corrupt person, shall be 
admitted a freeman of this corporation." 
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194 MISCELLANEOUS. 

"Ordeied, That the Quakers in prison at Ipswich be forlh- 
ivith sent for. Having been brought in, the Court, after much 
endeavoi- to convince and reform them, ordered, that Samuel 
Shattuck, Lawrence South wick, Cassandra, his wife, Nicholas 
Phelps, Josliua BufFam, and Josiah Southvvick be enjoined, at 
their peril, to depart out of this jurisdiction, before the first day 
of the Court election next, under the pain of rfeo/A" .' 

" Whereas Daniel and Provided Southvvick, son and daughter 
of Lawrence Southwick, have been fined by the County Courts 
at Salem and Ipswicii, and pretending that they have no estates ; 
in answering the question, what course should be taken for the 
satisfaction of the fines ? tiie Court resolve, that as many such 
cases were likely to arise, the treasurers of the several counties 
are hereby empowered to sell said persons to any of the English 
nation at Virginia and Barbadoes " ! 

" Whereas there is a pernicious sect called Quakers, lately 
arisen, who, by word and writing, have published and maintained 
many dangerous and horrid tenets, and do take upon them to alter 
the received laudable customs of our nation, in giving civil re- 
spect to equals or reverence to superiors, [in not taking ofT their 
hats, &c.,] this Court doth order, that every person of the cursed 
sect of the Quakers, not an inhabitant of, but found within this 
jurisdiction, shall, by constable or selectman, be apprehended 
and imprisoned without bail, &c., and that every inhabitant of 
this jurisdiction, being convicted of being of the aforesaid sect, 
denying civil respect and reverence to equals and superiors, with- 
drawing from church assemblies, and frequenting private meet- 
ings of their own, in opposition to church order, and to the ortho- 
dox received opinions of the godly, he, shall suffer imprison- 
ment one month, and then to depart this jurisdiction, or give 
bond for appearance at the next Court ; when, if refusing to re- 
tract and reform, he shall be sentenced to banishment on pain of 

1759. " William Robinson, Marmaduke Stevenson and Mary 
Dyer, banished by the last Court, on pain of death, being com- 
mitted by order of the General Court, were brought to the bar^ 
and acknowledged themselves to be the persons banished. After 



MISCELLANEOUS. 195 

a full hearing of what the prisoners could say for ihennselves, it 
was put to the quesiion, whether William Robinson, Marmaduke 
Stevenson and Mary Dyer, who have been convicted for Qua- 
kers, and banished on pain of death, should be put to death, as 
the law provided in that case ? 

The Court resolve in the affirmative. And the governor, in 
open Court, declared the sentence, viz: William Robinson, you 
shall go from hence to the place from whence you came, and 
from thence to the place of execution, and there hang till you be 
dead. And the like sentence upon the others, one after the 
other, in the same words." 

Mary Dyer was respited upon the petition of her son, William, 
and leave given her to depart after forty-eight hours ; but, if 
found in this jurisdiction again, to be executed forthwith. Con- 
nected with her respite, was an order, that " she shall be carried 
to the place of execution, and there stand on the gallows, with a 
rope about her neck, till the rest be executed." 

"The Marshall General, with tlie aid of Capt. James Oliver 
and one hundred soldiers taken by his order proportionably out 
of each company in Boston, completely armed with pike and 
musketeers, with powder and ball, was directed to execute the 
sentence passed upon the prisoners ; " and Robinson and Ste- 
venson were hanged accordingly. 

1661. "Peter Peirson and Judah Brown, Quakers, being 
indicted, stood mute." The Court ordered, "that they shall by 
the Constable of Boston be forthwith taken out of prison, and 
stripped from the girdle upwards, by the executioner, and tied to 
the cart's tail, and whipped through the town with twenty stripes ; 
and then carried to Roxbury and delivered to the constable 
there, who is also to tie them to the cart's tail and again whip 
them through the town with ten stripes ; and then carried to 
Dedham, and delivered to the constable there, who is again in 
like manner to cause them to be tied to the cart's tail and whipt 
with ten stripes through that town ; and from thence they are im- 
mediately to depart this jurisdiction at their peril." — Hazard's 
Historical CoUeciionsu 



196 MISCELLANEOUS. 

Much more of a like nature could be added, if more were 
needed. Tiie majority, considering themselves the only true 
worshippers, caused the Baptists also to feel the weight of their 
indignation, as manifest opposers of the true worship of God.'* 
Other denominations were then unknown here, or did not choose 
to make themselves known under existing circumstances. 

1668. "It is enacted, by the Court, that all the King's high- 
ways within this government shall be forty foot, at the least, in 
breadth." 

The old post road from Boston through this town towards 
Springfield was the King's highway, and was laid out without 
bounds or points of compass, while the greater part of the terri- 
tory, now the County of Worcester, belonged to the County of 
Middlesex. The records concerning it, are in the latter county. 
The former was incorj^orated in 1731. 

1675. " Whoever shall shoot off any gun, on any unneces- 
sary occasion, or at any game whatsoever, except at an Indian 
or a wolf, shall forfeit five shillings for every such shot, till further 
liberty shall be given." 

" The public officers' wages shall be paid in corn ; and that 
Indian corn, for defraying public charge, and paying all public 
officers, be at two shillings and sixpence per bushel." 

"Whosoever of the freemen do not appear at election in per- 
son or by proxy, shall be, for such neglect, amerced to the treas- 
ury, ten shillings." For several years, the elections were held 
in Boston. 

Hartford, Windsor and Weathersfield were the first places set- 
tled in Connecticut. The first was, at the beginning, called 
Newtown, the second, Dorchester, and the third, Watertown, from 
the towns in Massachusetts whence the first settlers principally 
emigrated. Their early laws and orders were of the ]Massaclm- 
setts stamp. 

Passing over those, for the breach of which the penalty was 
death, I select a few of another class, which the reader will find 
to be curious, and, in almanac language, " useful and entertain- 
ing ; " useful, so far as a knowledge of the past will better enable 
him to appreciate the times in which he lives. 



MISCELLANEOUS. I97 

*' No one shall liold any office, who is not sound in the faith ; 
and whoever gives a vole to such a person shall pay a fine of one 
pound." 

" No one shall run on the Sabbath-day, or walk in his garden, 
or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting." 

" No one shall travel, cook victuals, uKike beds, sweep house, 
cut hair, or shave, on the Sabbath-day." 

"The Sabbath shall begin at sunset on Saturday." 

"No woman shall kiss her child, wife her husband, or husband 
his wife, on the Sabbath or fasting day." 

" No minister shall keep a school." 

" A debtor in prison, swearing he has no estate, shall be let 
out and sold to make satisfaction." 

*' No one shall read common prayer, keep Christmas or saints' 
days, make mince pies, dance, play cards, or play on any instru- 
ment of music, except the drum, trumpet and jewsharj)." 

" No gospel minister shall join people in marriage. The mag- 
istrates only shall join in marriage, as they may do it with less 
scandal to Christ's church." [Prohibition taken ofri694.J 

"A wife shall be deemed good evidence against her husband." 

"Married persons must live together or be imprisoned." 

" Every male shall have his hair cut round according to a 
cap." * 

"All capital causes, concerning life or banishment, if there is 
no express law, shall be judged, according to the word and law 
of God, by the General Court." 

Such were some of the blue laws of Connecticut. They are 
taken from Peters' and also Barber's compilation of them, and 
re-published at Hartford in 1838. 

Another was this, but not vouched for by any known authority 
— " Beer is forbidden to be made on Saturday, because it will 
ivork on Sunday." 



*" A cap to go round the head was used, drawn close to the head, and the hair 
then cut by the cap. A pumpkin, severed in the middle, and placed on the head, 
was used as a substitute for the cap, in the season of them." 



198 MISCELLANEOUS. 

As an offset to ihese, that compilation, consisting of more than 
300 pages, contains some of the "blue laws" of the other 
colonies. 

The following are from the Virginia code. 

1662. "Every person who refuses to have his child baptized 
by a lawful minister, shall be amerced 2000 lbs. of tobacco, half 
to the parish, and half to the informer. Tobacco was the cur- 
rency of Virginia, and corn of Massachusetts. 

" He that brings home a hog or hogs without their ears, shall 
be adjudged a hog-stealer." 

" In actions of slander, occasioned by a man's wife, after judg- 
ment for past damages, then the woman to have a ducking ; if 
they are above 500 lbs. of tobacco, then the woman to have a 
ducking for every 500 Ujs., if the husband refuse to pay." 

" It has been reported as true, that in the early settlement of 
Virginia, squirrels were so numerous, they injured and often des- 
troyed the fields of corn, and the outside rows were often entirely 
destroyed ; to prevent which the General Court soberly set them- 
selves to work to remedy the evil, and ordered, that thereafter 
no planter should have or plant any outside row in his cornfield ! " 

"There was an ancient law of Massachusetts, directing that 
ladies' dresses should be made so long as to hide their shoe- 
buckles, prohibiting short sleeves — and, in 1G53, I. Fairbanks 
was tried for wearing great boots, and acquitted." 

Previous to the Revolution, it was customary to give rings and 
•gloves at funerals, to the clergyman, pall holders and bearers. 

In the interior, however, rings were rarely given. The num- 
ber of pairs of gloves bestowed on such occasions depended in 
some degree upon the circumstances of the deceased and his 
family. They were of leather, and white, in the earlier period ; 
afterwards of a dark purple color. 

The Probate offices in the older counties of the Common- 
wealth contain abundant evidence of the customs and practices 
on such occasions. 

The funeral expenses of Samuel Blanchard, of Andover, who 
died in 1707, were in part as follows : 



MISCELLANEOUS. 199 

6 galls, wine, £0 1 Os. Or]. 

20 prs. gloves, 110 

Rum, sugar and allspice, 9 3 

Half bbl. cider, 5 

Robert Ward, a cooper b}' trade, died in Cliarlestown, 1736. 

The inventory of his personal estate was £71 17s. 3d. 

Real estate, " 170 

Funeral expenses, in part, 17 prs. of gloves, £5 10s. 6d. 

Wine, 18 

1 pint stomach water, I 8 

Paid the porters, 1 10 

Use of the pall, 10 

Tolling the bell, 3 

Mourning scarfs for 3 heirs, 30 

Funeral expenses of Rev. Thomas Cobbett, some time minis- 
ter of Lynn, afterwards of Ipswicli, who died in 1685. 

1 barrel wine, £6 Ss. Od. 

2 do. cider, Oil 

82 lbs. sugar, 2 1 

J cord wood, 4 

4 dcz. prs. gloves for men and women, 5 4 
And some spice and ginger for the cider. 

Until the time of the Revolution, burial service was regulated 
by law, so far, that it could not be performed on the Sabbath 
without a permit from a magistrate, and tiien only after sunset. 

Copy of a permit granted in Boston, 1771. 

" Whereas it has been represented to me, by the relatives of 
William Lowder, who died on Thursday last, that he cannot be 
conveniently kept at this season, and have desired leave that he 
may be buried this evening, liberty is hereby granted for his be- 
ing buried, notwithstanding it is Lord's day, they conforming to 
the law, in that case, as to the time ; and to take care, that the 
corpse be not carried to the grave, until one hour after sunset. 

Given under my hand, this 22d day of September, 1771. 
BELCHER i\OYES, Justice Peaces 



200 MISCELLANEOUS. 

Neighbors returned from the grave with the mourners, and 
were provided widi a supper. 

Such was the practice until the time of the Revolution, when, 
all the resources of the country l)eing required for its defence, it 
was voted, in pubhc assemblies, " to encourage economy and 
frugality, and, on the death of near relatives, to wear no other 
mourning dress than a black ribbon or crape on the arm or hat 
for men, and a black ribbon around the neck for women." 

This was carried into practice, wliereby unnecessary expenses 
were diminished, and the poorer classes relieved from spending 
their all to avoid the appearance of not mourning the loss of their 
friends. The heart, and that alone, knows its own sorrows. 
Grief is invisible, and when its possessor seeks to soothe it by 
extravagance in external things, it is no longer grief, but pride. 

As if mounting were not enough, we not unfrequently hear of 
half and fall mourning. How this, on first hearing it, strikes the 
mind, may be judged by the question of a child, whose mother, 
having lost an aunt, remaiked to some friends, that she should 
put on Acf//" mourning ; whereupon the child, in the simplicity of 
her heart, asked her mother if only /*«//" of her were her aunt? 

Although admonished to bring these details to a close,! cannot 
refrain from copying the following " beautiful picture of the en- 
during aficctions of a mother," by the Rev. Thomas Cobbett, in 
a discourse on the duties of children, which, with his funeral ex- 
penses, before mentioned, is taken from the History of Lijnn, 
by Alonzo Lcivis. 

" Despise not thy mother when she is old. When she was 
young, yea, when she was middle-aged, thou prizedst and re- 
spectedst and didst reverence and obey her; do it as well when 
she is old ; hold on doing of it to the last. 

Age may wear and waste a mother's beauty, strength, parts, 
limbs, senses and estate; but her relation of a mother is, as the 
sun when he goeth forth in his might, for the ever of this life, 
that is always in its meridian and knoweth no evening. The 
person may be grey-headed, but her motherly relation is ever in 
its flourish ; it may be autumn, yea, winter, with the woman, bu* 
with the mother, as a mother, it is always spring." 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



201 



The following is a list of Revolutionary Pensioners belonging 
to the town, including those who went into the service from it, 
but afterwards settled in other places, and drew their pensions 
there. Furnished by Nathan Howe, Esq. 



Calvin Sawyer, 
Peter Gary, 
George Filmore, 
lihamar Newton, 
Marshall Newton, 
Jonathan Harrington, 
Ebenezer Mann, 
Ashur Smith, 
Benjamin Pratt, 
Nathan Pratt, 
Jonah Howe, 
Nathan Howe, 
John Peirks, 
Jasper Rand, 
Lewis Smith, 
Elijah Southgate, 
Jonas Hastings, 
Ephraim Holland, 
Jonah Holland, 
Asa Wheelock, 



John Bragg, 
Daniel Holden, 
Humphrey I>igelow, 
Thomas Harrington, 
Daniel Harrington, 
Samuel Smith, 
Lewis Smith, 2d, 
Nathaniel Hapgood, 
Joseph S. Temple, 
Benjamin Maynard, 
Jonas Stone, 
Austin Flint, 
Solomon Howe, 
Gardner Howe, 
Stephen Smith, 
Stephen Pratt, 
Calvin Newton, 
Daniel Williams, 
William Dexter, 
Jos. B. Jennison. 



NORT H PARISH. 

What here follows, relating to the North Parish, was omitted to 
be inserted at the close of the Ecclesiastical History of the First 
Parish, where it properly belongs. 

Some extracts in relation to it, from a historical sketch of the 
town of Roylston, by Matthew Davenport, Esquire, published in 
1831, will precede what 1 have to say of it — viz: 

'•'The church was gathered the 6th day of December, 1743." 
'• On the 2()th day of the same month, Rev. Ebenezer Morse 
was ordained the first pastor." 
26 



202 MISCELLANEOUS. 

*' The same year, ihey piircliased the burying ground of 
Eleazer Triylor, and built a meeting-house." 

"The connection betwixt tl)e Rev. Mr. Morse and his people 
appears to have been harmonious, and the parish at peace among, 
themselves, till about the year 1770." "Soon after this, it was 
discovered by tfie parisi), that iheir minister was a Loyalist. 
From this time (ill his dismission the connection between them 
was any thing but harmonious. Mr. Morse, with a little policy, 
might probably not have been particularly obnoxious on this ac- 
count; but his independent and unyielding spirit disdained any 
prevarication or concealuient. And in his public addresses to 
the throne of mercy, he would pray for the " king, queen, and 
royal family, the lords spiritual and temporal," with more fervor 
than his rebellions parishioners could bear. 

In the beginning of the year 177 J, things appear to have been 
approaching a crisis, and in Jime, a meeting was called, "to take 
ii.to consideration the difilculties subsisting betwixt Rev. Eben- 
ezer Morse and the church and people of this place ; and more 
especially what tlie church had drawn up as reasons for their dis- 
missing Mr. Morse, which are as follows, viz: 

Rev. Mr. iMorse appearing so unfriendly to the common cause 
of liberty, wjiich America so much contends for at the present, 
gave occasion for the town of Shrewsbury to call" him to an ac- 
count by a Committee of Inquiry ; and the said Mr. Morse, 
when upon examination before said Committee and before the 
town, after the said Committee gave in their report, did so con- 
duct and word hin)S(!lf, that the town, as well as tlie Committee, 
did view him as unfriendly to the common cause, and in conse- 
cjvuence thereof did vole, that the said Morse be disarmed and 
laid under other disadvantag(.>s, in consequence of which, together 
with other ilijficultics subsisting, we cannot see how we can, '\n 
conscience, be contented with him as our pastor, and are of opin- 
ion, that we shall expose ourselves to the displeasure of the 
Congresses, and all others that are friends and well wishers lo 
the rights and liberties of America, if we should suffer him to- 
conlinuG any longer as our pastor." 



MISCELLANEOUS. 203 

The vote was then put whether Rev. Ebenezer Morse's pas- 
toral office should be dissolved, and passed in the afilriiialive, by 
a division of tliirty-seven yeas to twelve nays. A Conunittee 
was tlien chosen, consisting of Daniel Whitney, INathanitl Da- 
venport, Jonas Temple, Frederic Albert, and Silas Ilowe, " to 
inform Mr. Morse that lie is dismissed, and diat it is expected he 
do not attempt to enter the desk any more, as a minister in this 
place, and that the Committee see that he ilo not,''^ uhich latter 
part of their duty, it is said, they literally performed. 

The 25th day of September following, a precinct meeting was 
called, upon the petition of Dea. Cyprian Keyes and others, " to 
see if tlw3 parish will join with the church, in inviting some sister 
churches to assist in a day of fasting and prayer, Sic; and 
agreed to send letters missive to Holden, Shrewsbury and Wor- 
cester churches. These churches failed to attend, as stated Ir 
the records, and another day was appointed ; and voted to send 
to the churches in Shrewsbury, second in Mcndon, second in 
Medway, second in Wrentham and in Holden. These churches 
met by their pastors and delegates, and advised to make an ad- 
dition to the council, by sending to the church in Dcdham, and 
to the church in Abington, which was agreed to, and adjourned 
to November 8tb. 

The council met at that time, and "after prayer by Rev. 
Samuel Niles, and vote put, after proceedings read, whether the 
precinct would rescind the vote passed on the 15ih day of June 
last, dismissing Mr. Morse, and passed in the afhrmaiive. Ques- 
tion then put, to dismiss Mr. Morse, agreeably to the advice of 
the council, and passed in the afHrmative." Thus ended this un- 
pleasant altercation betwixt Mr. Morse and the precinct. 

Jan. 22, 1776, A meeting was called to see if the precinct 
would concur in the choice the church had made of Mr. Jesse 
Read to settle with them in the pastoral oflice, and passed in the 
affirmative, and voted him £66, 135. 4d. anmnl salary, and 
£133, 6s, 8d. settlement." To the above votes was a written 
protest, for reasons assigned. 

" We, the subscribers, inhabitants of Shrewsbury, do protest 
against the proceedings of this day, far the following reasons, viz : 



204 MISCELLANEOUS. 

The proceedings are founded upon the result of an ex parte 
council, against which J\Ir. IVlorse has taken sufficient excep- 
tions, and supporjed them undeniably in the public prints. 

2d. Because it is exiravagant to vote large sums of money to 
candidates while they know not that [whether] they are dis- 
charged from paying Mr. Morse's salary, especially considering 
the amazing expenses of the public at the present time. 

3d. Because said money is to be paid in part by those, who 
cannot consistently with gospel rule, hear said candidate. 

Signed, John Crawford, Benjamin Fiske, Joseph Biglo, Charles 
Biglo, Joiliani Bush, Solomon Houghton, and William Craw- 
ford. These, it will be recollected, were all political friends of 
Mr. Morse, except Joseph and Charles Biglo. 

It is remarkable, that there is no further account of Mr. Read 
on record. On the 18th November, 1776, the precinct voted 
to invite Mr. Eleazer Fairbank to settle with them in the minis- 
try, and voted him the same salary and settlement which they 
had voted to Mr. Read. Mr. Fairbank was ordained 26ih 
March, 1777, and dismissed, at his own request, April 23, 1793. 

March 12, 1794, Hezekiah Hooper, of Bridgewater, was or- 
dained over the church and society in this place, and died in 
December, 1795.* 

Ward Cotton of Plymouth, Grad. H. U., 1793, succeeded 
Mr. Head, and was ordained June 7, 1797, and at his request 
dismissed in 1S25." Thus much from Mr. Davenport's sketch, 
with the exception of the subjoined note. 

To the foregoing, I add some things of an early date, relating 
to the founding of that church, and some of its subsequent tran- 
sactions touched upon in the foregoing account, and in which 
there are some errors as to dates. These I shall point out, as it 
is important they should be given correcdy. " Mistakes will 
hajipen in the best of families," and the press, especiidly in the 

use of hiiiir(;s, but adds to the number. 

^ ii 

*Grad. H. U.. 1789, son of Hezekinh Hooper, w'uo married E^lizabeth Leonard, 
1753, who was son of John Hooper, who married Elizabeth Packard, 1722, who was 
son of Jolin Hooper, who married Sarah Harden, and settled, then having a (amilj, 
in Bridgewater, before 170,'J. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 205 

The north part of the town was made a parish 17ih Decem- 
ber, 1742, and called the North Precinct, until March 1, 1786, 
when it became a town, by the name of Boylston. INciiher the 
parisii nor the town obtained incorporating acts, until after long 
and repeated trials, especially the town. To 1780, as a compo- 
nent part of Shrewsbury, its history belongs to the latter town. 
It was one in territory. Its inhabitants assembled in one jjlace 
for the transaction of business. Their intermarriages were fre- 
quent, and the church in the North was gathered out of that in 
the South Parish. They were of us, and, althoiiuh gone from 
us, there remain ties of a local, social, and ecclesiastical nature, 
common to both, and cherished by each. Here, in common with 
the rest, are recorded, but less perfectly than they should have 
been, the marriages, births and deaths, to 17S6, that occurred in 
that part of the town. Tiiey will appear in the geneological 
table, &.C. 

I shall speak only of its ecclesiastical history, and that mostly 
in extracts from the records of Rev. Mr. Gushing and Rev. Dr. 
Sumner. 

"The Second Church in Shrewsbury (says I\lr. Gushing in 
his records) was gathered October 6, 1743. The two deacons 
chosen to accompany me when this church was embodied." Mr. 
Davenport has it December 6, 1743. 

" Copy of a letter directed to me, (Gushing,) to be communi- 
cated to tiie church in Shrewsbury." 

" To the church in Shrewsbury. 

A number of the members of the same, and dwelling in the 
North Precinct, in said town, wisheth grace, mercy and peace. 

Reverend, Honored and Beloved, 

Whereas we, the subscribers, together with others of said pre- 
cinct, and covenanting with us, are, as we trust, in God's provi- 
dence, called to incorporate into a particular church unity of our 
Lord — these are, therefore, humbly to request your leave there- 
for ; and, that you grant us a dismission from you, and an interest 



206 MISCELLANEOUS. 

in your prayers, that God would not only settle the gospel ordi- 
nances and institutions among us, but also grant, that pure religion 
might in this place flourish and abound, we subscribe your breth- 
ren in faith and fellowship. 

JOHN KEYES, Deacon. 
ELEAZER TAYLOR, 
OLIVER KEYES,-- 
JONATHAN KEYES, 
CYPRIAN KEYES, Veacon. 
EBENEZER TAYLOR, 
JOSIAH HENNET, 
ELISHA MAYNARD, 
PHINEAS HOWE, 
JONATHAN BENNET, 
JOHN KEYES, Jk. 
DANIEL BIXBY, 
NATHANIEL BIXBY." 
North Precinct in Shreivshury, SejJt. 7, 1743.^ 

" Sept. 11, 1743. This request was offered to the church to 
which it was directed, and they voted, the persons here signing, 
iheir request. 

Attest, JOB GUSHING, Pastor." 

"Deacon Miles and Deacon Knowlton, chosen at the request 
of the brethren in the north end of the town, to accompany me 
in assisting to gather a church among them, October [not Dec] 
6 1743, and on the 26ih, the Rev. Ebenczer Morse was or- 
dained their pastor." Mr. Gushing and the deacons assisting on 
the occasion. 

On the 12th of August, next following, 16 females were dis- 
missed from Mr. Gushing's church, at their request, and recom- 
mended to the North Ghurch, most of them the wives of the 
brethren there. Their request bears date July 16, 1744, and 
was signed by them in the order following. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 207 

To their names I have appended their husbands, as explanatory 
of their families. 

SARAH KEYES, wife of Dea. John. 

MARTHA BENiNET, " Jonathan. 
REI3ECCA KEYES, '' Oliver. 

SARAH HASTINGS, " David. 

RUTH KEYES, " Henry. 

PATIENCE KEYES, " Jonathan. 
HEPZIBAH KEYES, " Dea. Cyprian. 
HANNAH TAYLOR, " Eleazer. 
ABIGAIL HOWE, " Phineas. 

SARAH SMITH, " Bezaleel. 

SARAH GOOD ALE, '' Edward. 

HANNAH BENNET, " Josiah. 
HULDAH MAYNARD, " Elisha. 
PHE13E KEYES, D. of Dea. John, 
ABIGAIL KEYES, wife of John, Jr. 
BULAH TAYLOR, " Ebenezer. 

"Oct. 15, 1775. (Rev. Dr. Sumner's records.) I commu- 
nicated a letter from the Second Church and Precinct in this 
town, desiring us to join V\ith them in a fast, and to join with 
other churches in a council to advise, in their present broken 
state." The pastor and two delegates attended. 

" March 25, 1777. Tlie former council convened again at 
the North Precinct. 2Gth. The council for the ordination of 
Mr. Fail bank convened. The day was spent in hearing Mr. 
Morse's objections, &,c. The 27th, Mr. Fairbank was ordained." 
Mr. Davenport says his ordination took place March 2Gih. 

Tbe church records furnish nothing more on this subject. 

Mr. Davenport says, "in the beginning of the year 1771 
things appear to have been approaching a crisis, and in June a 
meeting was called," &,c., reasons submitied to it for dismissing 
Mr. Morse, as drawn up by the church; one of them was, that 
he was unfriendly to the common cause, &c. ; that the town of 
Shrewsbury had to call hira to an account ; that when so doing, 



208 MISCELLANEOUS. 

" he did so conduct and word liimseir, that the town did vote 
the said Morse be disarmed," &c. Now Mr. Morse's people 
did not proceed against him, certainly the ioivn did not, until 
May, 1775. It was then the town voted to disarm Mr. Morse. 
(See page 39.) His conduct and speech, when under examina- 
tion, and before the assembled town, and, that too, after the 
Committee had reported so leniently respecting him, as not to 
recommend any measures to be taken against him, as conclusively 
show his temper and disposition, as " his independent and un- 
yielding sj)irit." 

And although his church did not specify what that conduct 
and speech were, yet their declaration respecting him in that 
particular is important in forming an opinion of the proceedings 
of the church and town against him. The sentence passed upon 
him by the town seemed uncalled for, inasmuch as the Commit- 
tee did not recommend any thing of the kind, but merely ex- 
pressed their opinion of his political sentiments. The fact is now 
disclosed. He was offensive in town meeting, and his independ- 
ent spirit procured for him on the spot a sentence from which 
there was no appeal, and privations, which he was compelled 
to undergo, with ihe bare consolation, that he was serving his 
royal master, and little good in the end did that do him. 

Independent and unyielding spirits, lacking prudence, are sure 
to involve themselves in trouble. Mr. Morse was a combatant, 
and with the temper but not the skill of one, he took sides against 
the land of his birih. His country was invaded, her chartered 
rights assailed, and her citizens slaughtered for asserting their 
rights to what God and Mr. Morse's king had given them. The 
fate of his parishioners, his townsmen, his countrymen, all were 
involved in the momentous struggle. It was a contest for liberty 
at the risk of life. His townsmen had long hung out their ban- 
ner, " fVc ivill die freemen. We ivill maintain our rights or 
fall ivith themy Such too was the voice of the whole land. 
All tliis and more was well known by Mr. Morse. Yet having 
more zeal than knowledge, his independent and unyielding spirit 
rose in opposition to public sentiment in the same ratio that grew 
higher and stronger. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 209 

He could not brook the idea, that otliers should manifest an 
independent spirit, no nialter their number or the cause, if tliey 
were not for submission to king and i)arliament; he could not, or 
would not be politically quiet, consequently he raised tl;e town 
and |)arish storm in which he perished. " lie sowed to the wind, 
and reaped the whirlwind," and, in his fall, added one more to 
the number of those, who were, in that day, crushed by the om- 
nipotence of the public will. 

Before his settlement, he read law in Worcester, a year or 
more, in the office of John Chandler, a Gamaliel Roycdht of the 
straitest sect, and with whom we may suppose an intimacy, a 
strengthening of hands and encouraging of hearts, existed at this 
period. Congenial spirits, alike inde|)endent and unyielding, and 
alike destitute of foresight, to say nothing of their want of pa- 
triotism. But yield they did; yield they had to; diere was no 
alternative. Both teacher and pupil lived to see their error, and 
each other's downfall ; and the latter to know the former was 
compelled to relinquish his office, and with uncovered head to 
walk between fdes of armed freemen, and read aloud his recan- 
tation and regret for opposing the people, while contending for 
their rights. 

That Mr. Morse had a perfect right to enjoy his opinions, no 
one will deny ; but it was the use he made of them that gave 
offence. He did not consider himself unsettled by the parish 
proceedings against him, although they were backed up by 
advice of an ecclesiastical council, and the settlement of another 
pastor in his stead — for in a certificate of his having solemnized 
a marriage some year's after his dismission, he signed his name, 
Sec, thus : " Ebenezer Morse, SETTLED minister of God's 
word in Boylston." 

He was a man of more than ordinary talents, and a skilful 
physician ; in which calling he practised until near the close of 
his life. 

He was published for marriage .Jan. 1, 1790, to Rebecca 

Symms, of Shrewsbury, widow of Thomas Symms, an ( fficer in 

the Commissary Department, who died in Shrewsbury during 

the war of the Revolution. The match was broken ofT by her- 

27 



210 MISCELLANEOUS. 

self or lier friends, of whom she had many. For the widow of 
a patriot to be yoked with Mr. Morse was iDore than revolution- 
ary blood could bear. It had not then cooled sufficiently for 
such an event to be looked upon with indifference. 

Of the other religious societies in Shrewsbury, the Baptist and 
Restoration, I am not possessed of later or other information than 
what appeared in the history published in J 826. 

The '• Platform," spoken of in the Ecclesiastical History of 
the South Parish, was a publication of 40 pages, entitled, "A 
PLATFORM of Church Discipline; Gathered out of the 
WORD of GOD, and agreed upon by the ELDERS and 
M'ESSEiXGERS of the Churches, assembled in the Synod at 
Cauibridge, in JN. E. Anno, 164S." "That Synod was com- 
posed of many Great, Learned and Pious Persons from the 
Four famous Colonies in ISnv England. 

" At a Synod, at Boston, New England, Sept. 10, 1679," 

" It was put to vote, whether the Assembly did approve of tlie Platform 
of Church Discipline ? And both Elders and Brethren did unanimously 
i'ift up their hands in the affimative, not one appearing, when the vote was 
propounded, in the negative; but it jointly passed in these words:" "A 
Synod of the Churches, in the Colony of Massachusetts, being called by 
\he Honored Gen. Court, to convene at Boston, the 10th of Sept., 1679. 
Having read and considered the Platform of Church Discipline, agreed 
upon by the Synod assembled at Cambridge, 1648, do unanimously ap- 
prove of the said Platform, for the substance of it, desiring that the 
churches may continue stedfast in the order of the Gospel, according to 
what is therein declared from the Word of GOD." 

" The Gen. Court, May 19, 1680, having taken into serious consideration 
the request, that had been presented by several of the Reverend Elders, 
in the name of the late Synod, do approve thereof, and order the Confes- 
sion of Faith, agreed upon at their second session, and the Platform of 
Discipline, consented unto by the Synod at Cambridge, Anno, 1648, to be 
printed, for the benefit of these churches ia present and after times." 

That work, reprinted in Boston, 1717, has become very scarce. It was 
recommendatory only. Many churches adopted it in whole, in faith and 
in practice ; others but in part, especially the Platform of Church Disci- 
pline was not, in some of its details, recognized in all the churches; some 
of which had, and others never had, Ruling Elders distinct from the 
Pastor and Deacons. 



FAMILY REGISTER 

AND 

GENEALOGICAL TABLE. 



The people of New England, for many years after its first 
settlement, called the days of the week by numbers, and not by 
the names we have for ihem; beginning with the Sabbath, which 
they called the first, the next day the second, and Saturday the 
seventh. 

They used no names for the months. These also were called 
by numbers, beginning with JVlarch, which was the first month, 
and February, the twelfth and last in the year; "because (^ays 
Lechford) they would avoid all memory of heathenish and idol's 
names." 

The manner of computing time by the Julian Calendar was in 
use from the year 325 to 1751. By that Calendar, every fourth 
year was a leap year of 366 days, and, at length, was found to 
be erroneous ; as the spring equinox, which happened on the 
twenty-first of March, 325, happened on the ninth of March, in 
1751 ; when, by Stat. Geo. II., for regulating the commence- 
ment of the year, &.c., the style was changed, the year to begin 
on the first day of January, 1752, and the tldrd day in Septem- 
ber, 1752, to be called ihe fourteenth ; and every fourth year to 
be leap year of 366 days, excepting each hundredth year. 
Eleven days were thus omitted, and a leap year being omitted 
in 1800, one day is to be added, making 12 days, the dilFerence 
now between old and new style. 

Pope Gregory XIII. corrected the Julian Calendar in 1582. 
The Catholic countries immediately adopted the correction ; and, 
to conform to it, England and her colonies adopted double dating, 
until 1752. 



212 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Previous lo that Stat., the year was considered as beginninji on 
the 25ih of March, and, according lo ancient reckoning, March 
was the first and February the last month in the year. Thus, 
for instance, what we write 22d Feb. ] 732, was then written, 
22, 12, 1731-2. In this compilation, where the dates occur be- 
tween Jan. 1, and March 25, the 7/crrr conforms to the new 
style, while the days of the months remain unaltered. 

ABBREVIATIONS. 

D. for daughter, b. born, m. married, d. died, s. son, w. wife, 
grad. graduate, H. U. Harvard University, D. C. Dartmouth Col- 
lege, B. U. Brown University, bap. baptized, chh. church, sup. 
supposed, chil. children, pub. published for marriage, and others 
which will be understood by the reader. Names of children are 
in italic. 

ADAMS, JONATHAN, sup. from Dracut, m. Hepzibah Ba- 
ker, of Wesiboro', 1755, lived near Northboro' town line, on the 
old post road, d. April 22, 1 802, aged SO, his wid. Hepzibah, May 
19, 1802, aged 79. Chil. Mary, b. March 9, 1756, and d. June 
9, 1759; Jonathan, Feb. 13, 1758; Mar^, Sept. 12, 1761, and 
m. Timothy Underwood, 1791 ; Sarah, May 23, 1763, and m. 
Jasper Rand, May 15, 1803, his second w. ; Hepzibah, April 7, 
1768. Daniel Adams, brother of Jonathan, Sen. m. Abigail 
Hardy, of Westboro', May 21, 1752, and settled there. 

ADAMS, JONATHAN, Jr. (s. of Jona.) m. Dorothy, D. 
ofDr. Edward Flint, Feb. 16, 1700. Child, ^nrfrew, b. Jan. 24, 
1791 and d. 7 days old. They removed to Barre, where she 
was recently living at the age of 85 years. 

Mary Adams, called of Worcester, sister of Jona. Sen. m. 
Lewis Allen, 1770. 

ALEXANDER, JAMES,* m. Deborah Thompson, of Bos- 
ton ; she d. March 7, 1786. Chil. William Thompson, b. Sept. 

• Scotchman, naturalized by Mass. Legislature, March 5, 1786, a private soldier 
in Burgoyne'a array, from which, while on their march through this town to Boston, 



FAMILY REGISTER. 213 

5, 1780; Ruth Thompson, Dec. 21, 1782, and m. in Boston. 
He next m. Hannah Ha-er, of S. Sejn. 12, 1786. (Her D. 
Lovisa Howe, b. previous to lier mother's marriage, m. Benjatnin 
Morse, of Boylston, March 30, 1807.) Chil. James, b. June 
19, 1787; David, July 28, 1788; Warren, Feb. 20, 1790, and 
d. unmarried, May 9, 183G ; Abraham, Jan. 5, 1792 ; Elisha, 
May 3, 1793; John, who d. June 2, 1794, 6 mo.; Hannah, 
Nov. 4, 1797, and m. Cyrus Drake, Sept. 22, 1819. His wid. 
Hannah, d. Dec. 19, 1818, aged 62. He m. wid. Elizabeth 
Floyd, of Southboro', Sept. 14, 1819. She d. May 25, 1334, 
aged 76. He d. May 13, 1811, a-ed 87. 

ALEXANDER, WILLIAM THOMPSON, (s. of James,) 
went to Worcester, there m. Anna, lived there some years and 
then returned ; their D.Eliza, b.June 30, 1807, and Charlotte, 
who d. Oct. 21, 1821, aged 16. He m. Lucy, D. of Asa Par- 
ker, April 2, 1822, and removed from town. 

ALEXANDER, JAMES, Jr. (s. of James,) went to Graf- 
ton, there m. Sarah Leland, and had a family of children, lived 
some years in Southboro', returned and d. here Sept. 29, 1838, 
aged 51. 

ALEXANDER, DAVID, (s. of James,) m. Harriet, D. of 
Fortunatus Nichols, of Westboro'. Chil. David Hartley Phipps, 
b. Nov. 8, 1814; Clncinnatus Nichols, May 20, 1817; Harriet 
Kembh, Sept. 18, 1820, and d. Oct. 14, 1821 ; Mary Sophia, 
Jan. 9, 1810; Harriet Kemble, Nov. 29, 1822. His w., Har- 
riet, d. Oct. 4, 1830, aged 38. 



as prisoners, he strolled away, and was found by the Rev. Mr. Sumner, early in the 
morning, in his barn, on the haymow. Mr. Sumner took him into his house, where, 
being relieved of his hunger, and appearing intelligent, and desirous of employ- 
ment, a cordwainer by trade, he remained (or some time, working at his trade. 
Before the close of the war, to so low an ebb had paper money fallen, Mr. Sumner, 
having a large family, proposed to give him the amount of his salary in continental 
money, if he would keep his family well shod. He was a great reader ; well versed 
ia ancient history, and a member of the church 55 years. 



214 FAMILY REGISTER. 

ALEXANDER, ABRAHAM, (s. of James,) m. , 

lived here a short lime, and removed. Their D. Nancy, d. here 
in 1822, aged 18 months. 

ARNOLD, REBECCA, m. Unity Brown, of Dorchester, 
Canada, now Ashburnham, Aug. 16, 1759. 

ABBOT. Families of this name had arrived and settled in 
Massachusetts, as early as 1G30 ; some of them from Yorkshire, 
England. 

ABBOT, EBENEZER, from Andover, whose w. was Mar- 
tha, lived on the road leading from the post road towards Simon 
Maynard's. His house stood on the hill, northerly of the brook ; 
he was a miller. The remains of his mill-dam, &,c., on the 
brook, are yet visible. Chil. Susanna, b. Oct. 13, 1759, and d. 
Aug. 31, 1770; Sarah, Sept. 10, 1763, and d. Sept. 3, 1770; 
Moody, June 29, 1765, and d. Sept. 4, 1770; John, Sept. 22, 
1767, and d. Nov. 22, 1770; JLeim, Sept. 26, 1769; John 
Moody, March 2, 1771 ; Isaac, who d. Nov. 5, 1773; Isaac, 
Dec. 9, 1773. Their chil. d. of the dysentery, which prevailed 
in the town to an alarming degree in 1770. The father survived 
these repeated shocks but a short time. He d. July 21, 1775, 
aged 54. His wid. Martha, m. Henry Baldwin, Sen. 1778. 

ABBOT, SAMUEL. What connection of Ebenezer, if 
any, is unknown. He m. Bathsheba Dustin, of Andover, 1758. 
Chil. Olive, b. March 30, 1760; Ebenezer, Feb. 8, 1762; 
Molly, June 3, 1764; Lucinda and Eusehia, i\v\v\s, April 20, 
1766; Asa, Nov. 20, 1768; Ward, April 15, 1771. 

ABBOT MARTHA, m. Nymphas Stacy, 1781. 

ALLEN, SILAS,* (s. of Noah,) came from Medfield with 
a family, and lived on the Elijah Rawson farm, so called. His 

* Ancient records have the namC; Allyne, Allyn, AUine and Allen; probably all 
one, originally. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 215 

wife was Priscilla Plympton. She d. Feb. 26, 1824, aged 71 ; 
and he, A|)ril 6, 1834, aged 84. Chil. who came to S.Asnhel, 
Noah, Silas and Elizabeth Cunningham, who m. Ephraiin Hap- 
good, 1796. 

ALLEN, ASA H EL, (s. of Sihis,) m. Lucy, D. of Jonas 
Hemenway, May 8, 1800. She d. Feb. 24, 1801, aged 23. 
He next ni. Mary Jennison Harrington, wid. of Josiah, and D. 
of Hollis Parker, April 9, 18C5. Chil. by hsl \v., Asahcl, 
Pli/mpton,h. 1806; Lucy Hemenway, Feb. 15, 1809; Daniel 
IValdo, May 17, 181 1 ; Elizabeth Waldo, Aug. 17, 1813. He 
with his family removed to JNew Hampshire. 

ALLE.\, Capt. NOAH, (s. of Silas,) m. Irene, D. of Jonas 
Hemenway, Jan. 1, 1804, and d. Jan. 4, 1845, aged C5J. 
C\\\\. Lucy,h. Oct. 23, 1804, and m. Uriah Bartlett; Jonas 
Hemenway, Jan. 14, 1807; Hannah Almira, July, 1811, and 
m. John fJaxter Plympton, Sept. 4, 1732 ; Asa Henry, Nov. 
22, 1815, and m. Catharine Black, of Holden. Chil. Eliza 
Lamb, Marion E. and Cyrui Bullard. 

ALLEN, JONAS H. (s. of Capt. Noah,) m. Clarinda, D. 
of Lyman Howe, Dec. 4, 1831. Chil. Charles L. b. March 
1-2, 1834; Jonas H. Aug. 21, 1836. 

ALLEN, Capt. SILAS, Jr. (s. of Silas,) m. Elizabeth Lamb, 
of Spencer, and lives on the homestead. Chil. on record, Cyrus 
Bullard, b. Jan. 31, 1807, and d. unmarried in Philadelphia, 
some years since, of small pox ; Arnold Lamb, March 25, 1808 ; 
Simon Hapgood, Nov. 8, 1811. 

ALLEN, ARNOLD L. (s. of Silas, Jr.) m. Caroline Maria, 
D. of Erastus Sumner, Feb. 26, 1833, and removed to St. Louis, 
Missouri. 

ALLEN, SIMON H. (s. of Silas, Jr.) m. Abigail, D. of 
Nymphas Pratt, Esq. July 7, 1835. Their D. Mtry E. b. 
Nov. 10, 1833, d. Feb. 27, 1840. Tiiey removed to St. Louis. 



216 FAMILY REGISTER. 

ALLEN, Capt. NATHANIEL, of sea-faring life, from Bos- 
ton, settled here as early as 1757, on the place where Col. Jos. 
Henshavv afterwards lived and died. He d. Nov. 1, 1770, aged 
71. His wid. (her name does not appear on the town records,) 
removed soon alter his decease, to Leicester, and d. there. He 
left sons, but none of their names are on record. Lewis is the 
only one whose name has come to my kno\\ ledge. 

ALLEN, LEWIS, (s. of Nathaniel,) m. Mary Adams, of 
Worcester, sister of Jonathan, Sen. of S. 1770. He was a rank 
lory in the early part of the Revolution, but, the place growing 
too hot for him, he removed to Leicester, and d. there. 

ALLEN, EPHRAIM, from Rutland, m. Huldah Chesnut, 
July 12, 1757. Chil. Ephraim, b. April 9, 1763; Elisha, 
March 7, 1765. Huldah was probably the wid. of William 
Chesnut, and D. of Elisha IMaynard. 

ALLEN, SIMEON, m.Candace,D. of Capt. Nathan Howe, 
Sen. 1772, and had John b. July 20, 1772. Removed to 
Princeton, and there had Candace and others. Candace m. Jo- 
nab Howe, Esq. 

ALLEN, ELNATHAN,* admitted to the church here from 
that in Ho|)kinton, Oct. 11, 1730, and d. in 1734, as mentioned 

* In a letter, of which 1 have had the perusal, from Madam Allen, widow of the 
late Rev. Wilkes Allen, deceased, it is said, " Matthew Allen came with Hookcr'a 
company, 1G32, and settled at Mount VVollaston — thence to JNewtown, now Cam- 
bridge " — that " EInathan Allen, with his brother, Obadiah, removed from Hopkin- 
ton tu Shrewsbury. That they were admitted to the chh. in S. from that in H., 
1730, and that EInathan died, ITSi, by falling from a load of hay," "and that El- 
natlian had one son, Israel, and five daughters," &c. Hence, it may be inferred, 
that Matthew Allen was considered by the Rev. Wilkes Allen, (for what of geneal- 
ogy is in the letter, purports to have been taken from /iis papers,) the ancestor of 
the family that came from Hopkinton to Shrewsbury, After a long and e.xtensive 
search, I have come to the conclusion, and I think correctly, that EInathan was the 
frrandson of Matthew, and son of Daniel and Mary Allen, who had David b. July 
1, 1G59, and Rebecca, Jan. 15, NJGl.in t'harlestown ; Samuel, April 17, 1CG4, and 
Elnalhan, Feb. II, 16GG, in Lancaster, and Ebenezer, Dec. 2G, 1G74, in Watertown, 
whither they may have retired for safety , as did many families, to that and other 
towns, from Lancaster, before and at the time of its destruction by the Indians, 



FAMILY REGISTER. 217 

irt note below. Hrs wife's name was Mary, but, as it does not 
appear on church or (own record, she had probably deceased 
before he came to Shrewsbury. His children appear, all of ihem, 
to have been of adult age at that time ; although not on the town" 
record, I have the births of some of them. They were, Obediah, 
Israel, b. Dec. 20, 1705; Elizabeth, who m. Edward Newton ; 
Anna, who m. Amos Pratt, 1722, grandfather of "Master" 
Nathan Pratt; Mary, b. July 14, 1711, and d. unmarried; 
Thankful, Dec. 9, 1713, and m. Daniel Whitney, whose D. 
Sarah, m. Nathan Bannister. 

ALLEN, OBEDIAH, (s. of Elnathan,) and his wife, Su- 
sanna, came here with a family of children, chh. 1730. His 
wife, Susanna, d. Feb. 16, 1740. Chil. as on town and church 
rec. ; perhaps not all of them b.here ; Daniel, b. April 8, 1721 ; 
Obediah, iVlay 6, 1723; Jonathan, June 10, 17£5; Lucy, Aug. 
4, 1728; Miriam, Nov. 4, 1730; Fersis, Aug. 4, 1735. He 



What was Elnathan's age, who d. in 1734, doea not appear ; if he was the son of 
Daniel, as 1 suppose, his age was 68. 

There is a record in Boston, of George and Susannah Allen having a son, Elna- 
than, b. Dec. 2G, 1653, and, had he died in 1734, would then have been 81 ; an age, 
that renders it trnprobable, that he would be on a load of hay at that time of life. 
These two are the only Aliens, born out of this town, that I have found in all the 
records 1 have seen and examined, running through a period of 173 years, who 
were cMed Elnathan. That the Elnnthan who came to Shrewsbury, was the son 
of Daniel, and he, of Matthew, does not militate with any known opinion enter- 
tained by any of their descendants, real or supposed. That I'.lnathan was the 
fathir, and not the brother, of Obediah, can hardly admit of a doubt. The church 
record, without designatiHg the relation they stood in to each other, says," F.lni- 
than and Obediah Allen were admitted, &,c., to full church privilege, Oct. 1 1 , 1730, 
by virtue of a letter of recommendation from the church of Christ in Hopkinton." 

Elnathan had sons, Ol)eiii;ili and Israel, and Obediah, in 1736, after the death of 
their father, makes a conveyance, in which he calls himself of Shrewsbury, and 
says, " I acquit and discharge my brother, Israel Allen, of the same town, of all 
dues, legacies," (Sec, "or land, which was formerly my Hon. father's, Elnathan 
.^Uen, late of Shrewsbury, deceased, and now in the possession of the said Israel." 
That farm has been in the possession of Israel's deceiidant's to this day. Obediah 
lived on the farm now owned by Henry Gary. On the first organization of the 
town militia, he was one of the four iirst appointed sergeants. The others were 
William Taylor, Simon Maynard, and Gershoni Wheelock. Their first names gave 
place to their military title, and they were afterwards known and called through 
life. Sergeant Allen, Sergeant Taylor, Sergeant Maynard and Sergeant Wheelock ; 
a title of more regard in that period, than that of Colonel at the present day. 

28 



218 FAMILY REGISTER. 

rn, Jemima, D. of Isaac Tomlin, of VVeslboro', May 19, 174L 
She was admitted from the clih. in Marlboro', 1746. Chil. 
Silas, March 11, 1742; Israel, April 21, 1745; Susanna, May 
20, 1747, and d. April 25, 1752. It is said, he d. here at an 
advanced age. 

ALLEN, DANIEL, (s. of Obediah,) ra. Lydia Cutting, 
Feb. 4, 1747. Chil. Henry, b. March 30, 1748; Lydia, Aug. 
23, 1749; Daniel, April 20, 1753, and m. Martha Maynard, of 
Northboro', 1775, and removed to New Marlboro'. (Their child, 
" Vicey, bap, here, Feb. 8, 1778, while the parents were here 
on a visit.") Solomon, or Salmon, .June 9, 1757, am], perha2)s, 
Simeon, who m. Candace Howe, 1772. 

ALLEN, ISRAEL, (s. of Obediah,) called Jun. on the 
record, instead of 2d, (his uncle Israel then living,) m. Thankful 
Greenwood, of Framingham, 1768. He was a soldier of the 
Revolution, and fought bravely in the battle of Bunker Hill. He 
removed to Spencer, 1783, where his wife, Thankful, d. Oct. .5, 
1S0.3, aged 60. He m. wid. Sarah Bennet, 1807. She d. 
1818, and he, July 17, 1833, aged 88. The births of his chil- 
dren, recorded here, are, Silas, b. Dec. 24, 1768; Ivory, Dec. 
25, 1770; Jemima, May 22, 1773; Junius, Aug. 24, 1775; 
Ashhel, July 30, 1778, and m. Nelly Mixer, 179^; Oshea, so 
called in the town, but Otis, in the chh. record, b. Jan. 21, 1781, 
and bap. May 25, 1781. 

ALLEN, ISRAEL, (s. of EInathan,) m. Elizabeth, D. of 
Dea. Samuel Wheelock, Feb. 14, 1728. Chil. EInathan, b. 
Nov. 18, 1728; Lois, Nov. 21, 1732, and m. Isaac Tomlin, of 
Westboro', June 7, 1757, and went to Spencer. He m. Catha- 
rine Joslin, of Westboro', May 3, 1764. She was living in 
1771 ; admitted to die chh. in that year. Neither his own, nor 
the death of either of his wives is on record. 

ALLEN, ELNATHAN, (s. of Israel,) m. Thankful Has- 
jings, of Waltham, May 31, 1753, and d. Oct. 2, 1805, aged 77 ; 



FAMILY REGISTER. 219 

his wid. Thankful, March 29, 1807, aged 71. Chil. Elnothan, 
b. May 13, 1754; Israel, Aug. C, 1756; Rhoda, Feb. 22, 
1759, and m. Jonathan Peirks,* 1780, and d. 1789 ; Silas, Jan. 
24, 1762; Elizabeth, March 13, 1765, and m. Russell Under- 
wood, Jan. 1, 1789, and went to Vt. ; Arunah, Aug. IS, 17G7 ; 
Luther, Dec. 2(5, 1770; 2(1 Luther, Sept. 18, 1772; Mikes, 
July 10, 1775 ; Liberty, Nov. 30, n77.t 

ALLEN, ELNATHAN, Jr. (s. of Elnathan) m. Lydia, D. 
of Alpheus Pratt, Nov. 24, 1773. Chil. Sarah, bap. Jan. 22, 
1775 ; Phcbe, bap. Oct. 20, 1776. His wife, Lydia, d., and he 
m. Lydia Roberts, Nov. 19, 1778. He lived a short time oq 
the farm, now of Joseph Nurse, and removed to Brattleboro', Vt. 
and d. June, 1830, aged 76. 

ALLEN, ISRAEL, (s. of Elnathan,) never m. He was a 
physician; settled in Sterling, 1786, where he d. 1817, aged 6L 
On his grave stone is represented a tree, prostrate, with this in- 
scription underneath, " As the tree falleth, so it lieih." 

ALLEN, SILAS, (s. of Elnathan,) a physician, m. Susan 
Thurston, and settled in Leominster, where she d. Sept. 13, 
1824, aged 55. He d. there Aug. 13, 1840, aged 78. Chil. 
Julia, Henry, Susan, who d. 1799; Mira, Silas and William 
T., who d. in 1842. 

ALLEN, ARUNAH, (s. of Elnathan,) m. Mary Richard- 
son, Dec. 16, 1788, and has been a Baptist clergyman more than 
50 years in Vt. Chil. rec. iiere, Jo/m Jarre^, b. Oct. 24, 1789; 
il/iO(/fl, April 14, 1791; Jubal Eldridge, March 20, 1793; 
Levinah Johnson, July 15, 1797. 

* Some of the younger branches of this family now spell the name, Parka. 
Park is the correct spelling, but every man has a right to spell his own name aslie 
pleases. 

t The names of " Wilkeg and Liberty " are eminently significant of the father's 
patriotism. 



220 FAMILY REGISTER. 

ALLEN, LUTHER, (s. of EInatban,) a [)bysician, succeed=- 
ed his brother, Israel, in that profession, in Sterling, and ibere m. 
Sarah Brown, 1S04, and d. 1837, aged 65. Cbil. Charles, 
Caroline and James. 

ALLEN, Rev. WILKES, (s. of EInatban,) grad. H. U, 
ISO! ; ordained min. of Chelmsford, Nov. 16, 1803, and dis. at 
bis own request, Oct. 21, 1832; d. in Andover, Dec. 2, 1845, 
aged 70. His wife was Mary, D. of Dea. Jarnes Morrill, of 
Boston, m. Nov. 13, 1805. Cbil. James Morrill, b. Oct. 5, 
1806; Charles Hastings, March 11,1809; Wilkes, Dec. 20, 
ISIO ; John Clarke, Nov. 15, 1812, grad. H. U. 1833, and d. 
June 24, 1834 ; Nathaniel Glover, Jan. 22, 1816 j grad. H. U, 
1842; and three others, who d. infants. 

ALLEN, LIBERTY, (s. of EInatban,) m. Mary Amniidon, 
of Fitzwilliam, N. H. ISOI ; lives on the homestead of bis first 
ancestor here. Cbil. Owen fVarland, b. Sept. 2, 1801 ; Lucius 
Shnrmvoy, Aug. 29, 1802; Augustus Ammidon, Auz,. 15, 1804; 
Thankful Hortentia, Dec. 6, 1805, and m. Artemas Perrin, of 
Millbury, 1831, and removed to Stockton, N. Y. Cbil. Henry 
and Horace; Eunice Sophronia, b. March 21, 1807, and m. 
Leander Sawyer. Cbil. Everet Leander, Marion Sophronia, 
Appleton Lokrstan, Caroline Paulina, and Henry Adolphus. 
Mary Eliza, b. Aug. 8, 1809, rn. John W. Barton. Cbil. Mary- 
Eliza, d. ; William, d. ; and Ann Maria Eliza. Keziah Chora, 
b. Jan. 9, 181 1, m. Timothy Ellis, reside in Fitzwilliam, N. H. 
Cbil. 3. Flora Rosline, b. Jan. 22, 1813, m. Augustus F. May- 
nard. Cbil. Ellen Maria, d. ; Caroline Allen, and Mary Eliza- 
beth, d. Caroline Cynthia, b. July 31, 1815, and ni. Thomas 
Rice, of Northboro' ; Liberty Gilman, Nov. 24, 1817; James 
Appleton, June 12, 1819; Henry Edwards JVliipple,Se^L 12^ 
1822, and m. Cynthia Whitney. 

ALLEN, OWEN WARLAND, (s. of Liberty,) m. Susan 
W., D. of Humphrey Bigelow. Cbil. Charles Owen, b. Dec. 
25, 1827; Caroline Susan, Sept. 9, 1833; Henry Lucius, 
MErch 9, 1839; Samuel Bigelow, d.. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 221 

ALLEN, LUCIUS S. (s. of Liberty.) m. Persis, D. of Ab- 

rier Harlow. Child, George Lucius, b. March 28, I80O. 

ALLEN, AUGUSTUS A. (s. of Liberty,) m. Paulina 
Dean, of Sutton, 1831. Chil. James Edward, b. Sept. 22, 
1830, d. ; Henry Augustus, July 20, 1853, d.; Harriet Au- 
gusta, July 25, 1835 ; Lucius Franklin, Aug. 9, 1837, d. 

ALLEN, ROBERT, and his wife, SEDINAH, had chil. b. 
as follows : David, May 11, 1724, bap. here, Sept. U, 172G; 
Mary and Ann, twins, bap. Oct. 29, 1727. 

ALLEN, Rev. GEORGE, (s. of Hon. Joseph, of Worces. 
ter,) grad. Y. C. was ordained here, colleague pastx^r of Rev, 
Dr. Sumner, Nov. 19, 1823; his wife, Eliza Pitkin, was from 
Ct. (Her mother, wid. Elizabeth Alden, d. here, March 19, 
1816, aged GS.) Chil. George, who rn. Elizabeth Denny^ D, 
of Rev. John Miles; Charles, who d. Nov. 16, 1838, aged 17; 
Ann J\Iaria, who d. July 16, 1839, aged 16. No births of any 
chil. on the town rec, 

ANGIER, BENJAMIN, from Ashburnham, m. Anna, D. 
of Daniel Baker, Jan. 27, 1801, and d. April 1, 1839, aged 64. 
Azubah, their only child, d. July 21, 1826, aged 20. 

ANDREWS, ROBERT,* from Boxford, (where his parents 
resided,) m. Lucy Bradstreet, of Topsfield, a descendant of Gov, 
Bradstreet, and removed to Brookfield, and soon after to this 
town, and settled in the North Parish ; captain., selectman, &,c., 
and d. Nov. 11, 1789, aged 67. His wid. Lucy, b. Oct. 24, 
1724, d. Dec. 22, 1815, aged 91. Chil. Robert, b. Jan. 8, 



* liobert Andrews was in Ipswich, 1G35, John, in IG.'JO, and Richard, in 1G43, and 
said to have been brothers ; and that another brother went to Hinghani, perhaps, 
Thomas, who was in Hingham, 163.5, and d. there. Of these, Robert, whose wife 
was Grace, had John, whose wife was Sarah ; their son, Robert, whose wife was 
Deborah, had James, Nathan and Robert, first above mentioned, and who was born 
Nov. 3, 1722. 



222 FAMILY REGISTER. 

1748; Sainuel, Sept. 14, 1750; Uaniel, July 22, 1752; Eliz- 
abeth, Feb. 17, 1755, and cl. Sept. 29, 1757; JoAn, March 29, 
1757 ; Lucy, who m. Jonathan Bond, Jr. ; Asa, May 1 1, 1762; 
Jotham, Dec. 18, 1766, and d. infant. 

ANDREWS, ROBERT, (s. of Robert,) m. Dorothy 
Goodenow, of Princeton, 1770, and d. July 13, 1835, aged 87. 
His wife, Dorothy, b. 1751, d. Oct. 2, 1822, aged 71. Chil. 
Jotham, b. July 25, 1771 ; Rohert, Sept. 15, 1776; Dolly, 
Oct. 1, 1778, and m. Emery Temple; * Asa, March 1, 1782; 
Dudley, July 29, 1734 ; Dennis, April 11, 1787 ; John, March 
3, 1793, a physician. 

ANDREWS, SAMUEL, (s, of Robert, Sen.) m. Judith, D. 
of Stephen Flagg, July 10, 1777. Chil. Lucy Ann, b. May 2, 
1778, d. Sept. 1797 ; Elizabeth, Sept. 20, 1781 ; Judith, May 

8, 1783, d. His second wife was Annis, D. of Rev. Ebenezer 
Morse. Chil. Samuel, b. July 11, 1801; Mary Morse, April 
22, 1803, and both d. 

ANDREWS, Dea. DANIEL, (s. of Robert, Sen.) m. Di- 
nah, D. of Joseph Bigelow, Jr. 1781, and d. March 12, 1826, 
aged 74; killed by an unruly bull, his wid. Dinah, Nov. 15, 
1834, aged 79. Chil. Mary, b. Aug. 15, 1782, m. Silas Has- 
tings, Jr. 1800 ;f Sarah, Dec. 1, 1785, m. James Davenport, 
May 27, 1803; J Asaph, April 22, 1788; Edmund, Aug. 13, 
1791, and d. July 24, 1844 ; Eunice, Oct. 16, 1793, and m. Seih 
White, and d. Dec. 1S4G; Daniel, June 22, 1*97, and d. 1821. 

•Chil. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 31, 1798, d. Sept. 5, 1800; Dorothy, JNov. 21, 1800 ; 
Thayer, May 14., 1802; Elizabeth, May 10, 1803; Lydia, Jan. 7, 1807. The mother 
of these chil. d. Oct. 15, 1815, aged 37. 

t Chil. George and Mary, the former d. 

t Chil. James Henderson Elliot, b. Oct. 29, 1804, d. April 16, 1833 ; Sarah, Kov. 

9, 180G, and d. Dec. 27, 1825; Amelia Ann, June 7, 1809; Edward Andrews, Dec. 
9, 18U, and d. June 3, 1822; Charlotte Bigelow, March 29, 1814; John Addington, 
Sept. 12, 181G; George Matthew, Jan. 1, 1819; Nancy Judson, Dec. 24, 1819; Car- 
oline Searl, March 12, 1822; Augusta, Dec. 2, 1824, and d. infant 3 Edward A. 
April 8, 1327 ; Richard Bush, Dec. 21, 1830. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 223 

ANDREWS, JOHN, (s. of Hubert, Sen.) m. INlargaret 
Parker, of Holden, Dec. 4, 1794, and d. Feb. 13, 1822, aged 
6.5. Chil. Mary ForJcer, h. June 2G, 1795, m. Jonaihan Flagg, 
March 27, 1617;"* lioOert, March 22, 1797, and d. 1798; 
fVillard, Oct. 6, 1798; Lucy Bradstreet, March 6, 1800, d. 
1801 ; John, March 2, 1802; Robert, Jan. 2, 1S05; Thomas 
Denny, Sept. 29, 1806, and d. Oct. 1, 1633. 

ANDREWS, ASA, Esq. (s. of Robert, Sen.) grad. H. U. 
1783; removed to Ipswich; in 1796, appointed, by President 
Washington, Collecior of the Pert and District of Ipswich, 
which office he held more than 30 years; m. Oct. 12, 1788, 
Joanna, D. of Hon. Jolin Heard, of Ipswich. She d. July 12, 
1797. Chil. Elizabeth Ann, who m. Hon. Sidney Willard, 
Professor in H. U. and d. July, 1817 ; John Dudley, grad. H. U. 
1810, commenced the practice of law, and d. 1817; Edward, 
also a grad. H. U. 1810, Episcopal clergyman, Binghampton, 
N. Y. and D. D. by the college of Geneva. His second wife 
was Hannah Farley, m. Oct. 25, 1793. She d. Jan. 9, 1807, 
aged 30. Chil. Theodore and Charlotte. His third wife is 
Sarah Farley, m. July 3, 1807. They are both living in Ips- 
wich, and from him is this account of his family. 

ANDREWS, JOTHAM, (s. of Robert and Dorothy,) m. 
Nancy Chil. Jotham, who d. inflint; Nancy, 

May 1.5, 1801, and d. ; Charles, xMarch 30, 1803, d. 

ANDREWS, ROBERT, (s. of R. and D.) m. Lucy Holt. 
Chil. Justin, b. Dec. 20, 1797, d. ; Lucy, April 13, 1800; 
Clarissa, Oci. 20, 1802; Thaddeus C^enery, May 21 , 1805; 
Mary Williams, April 25, 1809; Dolly Goodenoiv, March 2, 
1811; Robert, April 26, 1813; James, Aug. 21, 1815; Lucy 
Ann, Dec. 1, 1SI7. 

•Chil. Mary M. b. Jan. 21., 1818, d. 1823; Caroline, Sept. 12, 1820 j JohnT, 
Aug. 6, 1823; William. Aug. 13, 1826; Solon G. May 10,1829; Mary M. July 22, 
183}.; Charles A. Dec. 13, 1833. 



224 FAMILY REGISTER. 

ANDREWS^ ASA, (s. of R. and D.) m. Mary 
Chil. Eliza, b. Aug. 10, 1S02, d. ; Li/?nan, March 19, 1803; 
Isabella, May 13, 1805; Dudli/ Bradstreet, Aug. 8, 1809; 
Catharine, April 13, 1813; Dolly Temple and Mary Seaver^ 
Jan. 1, 1816; Sabra, Sept. 5, 1818. His second wife was 
Elizabeth Chil. Frederic W. b. Sept. 6, 1839, d. 

Edward. The father of these cliiidren d. Aug. 16, 1844, 
aged 62. 

ANDREWS, DUDLY, (s. of R. and D.) m. Hepzibah 
and d. May, 1832, aged 48. Chil. Dudly, Rob- 
ert Henry, Wright Smith, William, Hepza Dana, and Mary. 

ANDREWS, DENNIS, (s. of R. and D.) m. Tamar 
ChiL Stephen, Abigail, Caroline, and Henry, all d. young. 
Their father d. June 11, 1820, aged 33. 

ANDREWS, JOHN, (s. of R. and D.) m. Cynthia 

Chil. Edwin, h. July 25, 1821, d. ; Laura Ann, Oct. 
21, 1823; John Dudly, Dec. 2, 1825; Mary Russell, Feb. 
27, 1823; Nahum Houghton, Jan. 14, 1830; Cynthia, Jan. 3, 
1832; Alfred, March 15, 1834. 

ANDREWS, ASAPH, (s. of Dea. Daniel,) m. Mary Fair- 
bank, of Harvard, Dec. 22, 1831, removed to this town from 
Boylston soon after.* Chil. Mary E. b. Dec. 22, 1832; 
Amph E. Sept. 4, 1333; Daniel Miller, Nov. 26, 1836; 
Hannah Maria, Dec. 18, 1838 ; Ellen Loisa, Nov. 7, 1841 ; 
Henry F. May 1845, and d. Sept. 19, 1846. 

ANDREWS, WILLARD, (s. of John and Margaret,) m. 
Dolly Houghton, June 18, 1829. Chil. Albert, h. July 13, 
1831; Theodore, Jan. 11, 1833; Julia A. May 30, 1835; 
Ferdinand, Dec. 13, 1838; William., Nov. 20, 1840, and d, 
1841 ; Emma E. March 13, 1846. 

* From him is much of the foregoing account of the Andrews' family. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 225 

ANDREWS, JOHN (brother of Willard) m. Mary E. 
Dustin, Nov. 3, 1831. Cliil. Marij M.,h. PVov. 10, 1832; 
John T., Jan. 14, 1835, and d. Nov. 1636 ; Elizabeth A., Sept. 
29, I63(j ; John T., March 4, 1838 j Margaret, Aug. 1, 1842 ; 
Charles 7'., Sept. 16, 1844. 

ANDREWS, ROBERT (bro. of preceding) m. Carohne 
Wilder, 1834. Chi!. Charles, b. July, 1835 ; Caroline Z/., 
Aug. 1833. 

ANDREWS, THOMAS (cousin of the first Robert that 
came liere) m. Margaret Bradstreet, sister of Robert's wife, 
Lucy, and removed lo this town from Boxford, and d. in Boyls- 
ton. His vvid. Margaret, survived him, and d. in Newfane, Vt. 
Ch\\. David ; Jonathan, who (.]. unm., and Elizabeth, who m. 
John Morse, 1769, and removed to Newfane. 

ANDREWS, DAVID (s. of Thomas) m. Abigail Nixon, 
of Sudbury, 1764. Chil. Mary, b. March 29, 1768 ; Elizabeth, 

Jan. 14, 1770. One of these daughters, it is said, m. ■ 

Cook, of Lancaster, and d. leaving no childien. 

BOUKER, JOHN* and his wife, who was Freedom,! D. of 
John l.^igeiow, of Marlboro', came iiere from Wesiboro', 1741. 
Chil. Silas, b. May 29, 1733; Elizabeth, Feb. 9, 1735, and 
m. Nathan Eager, of Lancaster, 1754; John, Oct. 26, 1736 ; 
Sarah, Au^^ 5, 1738, and d. Aug. 6, 1742; Benjamin, Dec. 
26, 1740, and d. 1742; all b. in Westboro'; the two last d. 
here; Solomon, b. March 25, 1743. There is no further record 
of the family on the town books. 

* Asa, lizekiel and Kdniund were probably his brothers, and sons of John and 
Mary Howe, who were m. tliere, Feb. 8, 1G78. This name, anciently, had various 
spellings — Boucher, Bnwker, &c. ; Swedish origin. 

t Her father, who had been taken and carried into captivity by the Indians, Oct. 
1705, returned after long detention in Canada, and, says the Rev. Mr. Allen, in his 
history of Korthboro', " in token of his gratitude for his remarkable deliverance 
from captivity, called his daughter, born soon after his return. Freedom} and a 
second, born some time afterwards, Comfort, as expressive of his happiness," Sac. 
According to the Marlboro' records, his chil. were JerOsha, b. 16% ; Thankful, 
1G99; Joseph, 1703; John, 1704; Comfort, 1707; Freedom, 1710; Anna, 1712; 
Gershom, 1714; Jotham, 1717; Benjamin, 1720, and Sarah, 1724. 

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226 FAMILY REGISTER. 

BOUKER, ASA (sujo. bro. of preceding John) ra. Martha 
Eager in Marlboro', Feb. 28, 1718, and settled here as early as 
1729. He lived in the east part of the town, a few rods north- 
erly of the house of Elisha Davis. His wife, Martha, d. March 
6, 1747, aged 54 J. Chil. Hazadiah, h. Jan. 25, 1719; Mar- 
tha, Jan. 21, 1722, and m. Robert Keyes, 1740; 31ary, Feb. 
27, 1723, and m. Simon Parker, 1742; Charles, Aug. 17, 1725 ; 
all b. in Marlboro'; S'lbbillah, bap. here Sept. 28, 1729, and m. 
Ebenezer Bragg, Jr. 1751 ; Lucy, b. Dec. 30, 1731 ; Lydia, 
Dec. 6, 1733, and m. Seth Hapgood, 1757 ; Thankful, June 
25, 1736, and ni. Solomon Goddard of Marlboro', Oct. 30, 
1758. He next m. Hannah, D, of David Crosby, Oct. 3, 1752. 
She d. Feb. 23, 1762. He d. Nov. 2, 1763, aged 73. 

A Mary Bouker m. George Earle, of Leicester, April 26, 
1757, and a Mary Bouker d. here March 29, 1766, aged 20. 
Her parents not named on the record. 

BOUKER, Lt. CHARLES (s. of Asa) m. Eunice, D. of 
Isaac Stone, May 2, 1748. Lived near where his father did. 
No house now marks the spot where either of them resided. 
Rep. in 1778, and d. of a cancer, March 11, 1781, aged 56. 
His wid. Eunice, Oct. 31, 1782, aged 59. ChW. Ezra, b. Sept. 
9, 1748, and d. unm. Jan. 4, 1782 ; Noyes, Feb. 18, 1750, and d. 
Oct. 26, 1764 ; Prudence, Sept. 25, 1751, and m. Jonah Howe, 
1771 ; Elizabeth, Aug. 21, 1753, and m. Dr. Wm. Dexter of 
Marlboro', 1775, and next, Edward Lowe of Leominster, 1795, 
where she was recently living, in her 93d year ; Jajie, May 26, 
1761. 



BOUKER, ANTIPASS b. Oct. 3, 1733, (s. of Josiah Bou- 
ker, and his wife, Hassadiah Eager, m. March 29, 1733) came 
here from Westboro', with his wife, Esther Rice, of Marlboro', 
m. Oct. 6, 1757. Chil. Antipass, b. Oct. 28, 1758 ; Gideon, 
March 9, 1760, both in Westboro'; Esther, Nov. 3, 1761 ; .SV 
phronia, Oct. 24, 1763; Lucena and Sejina, June 15, 1766. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 227 

BRAGG, EBENEZER, a native of Ipswicli, (where was 
Edward Bra[rg in 1648) but came here from Marlboro'; admit- 
ted to chh. here, Feb. 6. 1726, from chli. there. He was work- 
in<f nt his trade here in 1723 ; * m. Zeruiah Br'gham, in Marl- 
boro', Marcii 16, 1724. He was admitted here from rhh. there, 
in 172G. She d. July 1, 1736, a^ed 38. ChW. Ebenezer,h. 
March 7, 1725, and m. Sibbilluh, 1). of Asa Bouker, Oct. 5, 
1751 ; Zeruiah, June 29, 1727, and d. infant ; Lydia, Jan. 27, 
1729; Abiel, June 25, 1730 ; Elizabeth, Jan. 10, 1732 ; Mo- 
ses, Aug. 19, 1733 ; Mary, Jan. 4, 1735 ; Zeruiah and Thank- 
ful, June 22, 1736; the former lived two months, the latter d. 
April 7, 1756. His second wife was Sarah. He d. Sept. 4, 
1766, aged 67. Chil. Benjamin, b. Nov. 24, 1738, and d. "in 
the king's service," Sept. 10, 1760; Zeruiah, March 1, 1740, 
and m. William Johnson, of Southboro', Jan. 1, 1767 ; John^ 
April 26, 1741, and d. Oct. 31, 1745; Nathaniel, March 13, 
1743, d. Nov. \2,\lAb; Timothy, Oct. 3, 1744, and d. Nov. 
6, 1745; John, March 9, 1746; Nathaniel, June 18, 1747; 
Sarah,T>ec. 15, 1748, d. June 7, 1751; Tmo%, June 20, 
1751; Sarah, April 3, 1753, and d. unm. April 23, 1832; 
Martha, Jan. 15, 1758, and m. Daniel Johnson, 1778. 

BRAGG, ABIEL (s. of Ebenezer) m. Abigail Wilson, 
Jan. 29, 1753. Chil. Lovisa, bap. July 7, 1754; Elizabeth^ 
bap. March 14, 1756. 

* He was then 24 years of age, a carpenter by trade ; and, in August, of that year, 
was building a house for Capt. John Keycs, on the ground where the house of 
Lucius S. Allen now stands. In the night of the 7th of that month, the house, be- 
ing nearly finished, was burnt, as was another, standing ncMt it. Of the six f>ersone 
sleeping in the new house, Mr. Bragg was the only one who escaped from the de- 
vouring element. He threw himself out of the chamber window, and luckily came 
to the ground on his feet. Of those who perished, were his brother, Abiel, aged 
17 years, and William Oakes, 16, his apprentices ; Solomon, of 20, John of 13, and 
Stephen, of G years of age, sons of Capt. Keyes. It is remarkable that the town 
records do not contain any notice of this event, nor the death of any one of those 
who perished in that terrible conflagration. 



228 FAMILY REGISTER. 

BRAGG, NATHANIEL (s. of Ebenezei) m. Sarah Wil- 
son of Norihboro', 1770. Chil. Benjamin, h. March 27, 1772; 
Sarah, Feb. 27, 1774. 

BRAGG, TIMOTHY (s. of Ebenezer) m. Mary Taylor 
of Worcester, 1792. Chil. Sarah, March 24, 1793; Mari/, 
May 25, 1795 ; Lois, Oct. 7, 1796. He removed to Worcester^ 
and d. Feb. 19, 1797, aged 46. 

P>RAGG, Dea. JOHN (s. cf Ebenezer) ni. Lydia An-ier 
of SoLithboro', Dec. 19, 1782, and lived on the place, now of 
the Rev. John Miles. He was ad. to chh. 17S4. She d. Jan. 
24, 1803. He, a revo. pen. Sept. 24, 1819, aged 74. Chil. 
John, b. Dec. 16, 1733; Ebenezer, April 26, 1735; Anna, 
May 26, 17S7, and m. Joseph Maynard, 1807; Jiory, March 

15, 1789, d. Dec. after; Nahum, June 2, 1793; Lydia and 
J^Hzab^th, May 16, 1795, and both d. 1796. 

BRAGG, Capt. JOHN, Jr. (s. of Dea. John) m. Eunice 
Cooper of ^e\v Haven, Ct. Chil. John Cooper, b. Feb. 1, 
1808, and d. 1309; John Cooper, Jan. 31, 1809, and lived 3 
months; Harriet Clark, April 9, 1310; LytJia A7igier, Nov. 

16, 1811; John, May 5, 1313; Timothy Dwight, Jan. 7, 
1817; Abigail, Nov. 21, 1818, and d. Sept. 25, 1821 ; Hora. 
iio, July 12, 1820, and d. Sept. 28, 1821. He removed with 
his family to Lancaster, 1825, afterwards to New Haven. 

BRAGG, EBENEZER (s. of Dea. John) m. Martha 
Wilder, of Lancaster, 1810. Chil. William Wilder, b. Sept. 
20, 1811. He removed to Lancaster, where he had Ebenezer, 
1815; Charles, 1818; Martha, 1820, m. William Carter, and 
d. J 844; William Wilder, his son, m. Ann Ayres. Child, 
William, b. 1837. 

BRAGG, NAHUM (s. of Dea. John) m. wid. Hannah B. 
Hall, of Boston, and removed to Dorchester, and d. there, 1837> 
aged 46 1 no issue. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 229 

BARBER, MATHEVV, from Weston, m. Mary Blair, Jan. 
31, 1727. Chil. 3'lari/, b. March 9, 17-28 ; Robert, hap. Sept. 
21, 1729; Snrah, bap. June G, 1731 ; Lydia, bap. March 4, 
J 733. 

BENNET, SAMUEL (probably from Lancaster) lived in 
N. Parish, (perhaps s. of Samuel, who signed the chh. covenant 
next after Rev. Mr. Gushing.) His wife's name does not ap- 
pear on the lown or chh. records. Me d. Dec. 5, 1762, aged 
72. Chil. 3Iari/, bap. July 27, 1729 ; Abigail, Aug. 20, 1732 ; 
J/lAawar, bap. Feb. 23,1735; Thankful, bap. July 8, 1739. 
Josiah and Jonathan may have been brothers of Samuel. James 
Bennet, of Concord, had Thomas, b. 1642. George and Lydia 
Bennet had Samuel, in Lancaster, 1665, whom I sup. to be the 
one who was here in 1723, and \\ho, out of regard to age, then 
68, took precedence of all but Mr. Gushing, in signing the chh. 
covenant. Josiah and Jonathan may have been his sons. 

BENNET, JOSL\H (sup. s. of Samuel) m. Hannah Ross, 
of Lancaster, Nov. 27, 1728, chh. 1731, and d. before 1751. 
Chil. Jnsiah, b. Dec. 18, 1730 ; Miriam, Dec. 23, 1732, and 
m. Ebenezer Cutler, Jr. of Grafton, Nov. 28, 1764; Asa, April 
26, 1735, and m. Sybil Barnes of Marlboro'. June, 1784; Ex- 
perience, March 26, 1739; Jonas, March 11, 1741, and d. in- 
fant; Lydia, Oct. 9, 1747; Jonas, Feb. 11, 1749, and m. 
Mary Williams, July 10, 1773. 

BENNET, JONATHAN (sup. s. of Samuel) m. Martha 
Harris of Lancaster, April 14, 1736. She d. 1808, aged 91. 
Chil. Dinah, b. July 15, 1737, and m. Oliver Barns of North- 
boro', Dec. 24, 1770; llclitf, March 26, 1739, and m. Jacob 
Eills, Feb. 10, 1769; Lucy, bap. Nov. 19, 1741, and m. 
Charles Bigelow, Dec. 23, 1760; Pcrsis, May 21, 1744; Jon- 
athan, Dec, 10, 1746, and m. Catharine Willis, of Sudbury, 
1770; David, Oc\. 21, 1749. 



230 FAMILY registi:r. 

BENNET, JOSIAH (s. of Josiah) m. Abial Graves of 
Sudbury, Aug. 13, 1751. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 10, 1753, 
sup. m. Luther Rice, of Lancaster, 1780 ; John, June 23, 1755 ; 
Dorcas, April 2, 1758, and m. Oliver Hale of Marlboro', 1778. 

BENA^ET,D AVID (s. of Jonathan) m. Persis, D. of Jo- 
siah Cutting, Feb. 14, 1773. Cliil. Fcrsis, b. July 4, 1774; 
Ephraim, Nov. 7, 1776, and d. next mo. The father probably 
d. before 1779,33 in that year the wiJ. Persis Bennet, m. Phillip 
Branscom. 

BENNET, JOHN (s. of Josiah and Abial) m. Lucretia 
Rice of Lancaster, 1778. Chil. Judah Alden, b. Nov. 9, 
1778, and d. infant; Nancy, Jan. 7, 1780; Liicy Curtis, Dec. 
13, 1731. 

BENNET, PHINEAS m. Mary French, Jan. 9, 1741. 

Chil. Phineas, bap. Aug. 2, 1741. 

BENNET, BEZALEEL m. Rachel Barns of Hingham, 
1774. Chil. i?«c/tf/, b. Feb. 26, 1775; Bezaleel, Sept. 11, 
1776; Hannah, Ji\\y 6, 1778; David, Aug. 1, 1780; Briggs, 
July 29, 1782. The two last at Jaftrey, N. H. whither he had 
probably removed. 

BENNET, EPHRAIM m, Priscilla Willington, Jan. 1785. 

It is believed all the Bennet families lived in the N. Parish. 
Samuel Bennet, a carpenter, was in Lynn, 1637. Samuel Ben- 
net, (s. of George Bennet and Lydia Kibbey, his wife, m. 3, 4, 
1658) b. in Lancaster, 22, 5, 1665. 

BIGELOW, Capt. JOSEPH * from Marlboro', (s. of John, 
of Marlboro') where he m. Martha, D. of Gershom Brigham, 
Feb. 22, 1725, and was here, on house lot, No. IS, in 1729, 

* This name is written Biggely, Bigulah and Bigloh, in the ancient records of 
Watertown; also, in the early records of Middlesex County; afterwards, Biglo, 
then Biglow, and, generally, of late, Bigelow. The name of Flagg was once fleg, 
flax v/z3flex, and chair was elder, and so written and pronounced. Samuel Bigulah 
and Mary _/?fg were married in Watertown, June 3, 1671, and had John, b. 1675; 



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selectman in 1748, nnd probably d. tliat year. Chil. Joseph, b. 
Nov. 9, 1726 ; Martha, May 3, 17-28, d. infant ; C/tar/es, April 
22, 1729 ; Martha, March 10, 1733, d. July 13, 1742 ; Stcphui, 
Jan. 10, 1735, and d. 1756; Anna, Jan. 14, 1737, and m. 
Samuel Hastings, Oct. 2G, 1757; Mchitable. Se\)L 14, 1739, 
and d. 1746 ; Solomon, Oct. 13, 1746, m. Mary Demmon, April 
6, 1769 ; Mary, Sept. 18, 174S, and m. I^aac Moor of Bollon, 
June 2, 1763. Wid. Martha Bigelow (probably of Capt. Jo- 
seph) m. Ezekiel Brii,diam, of Marlboro', Dec. 14, 1749. She 
was admitted to the chh. here in 1727. 

BIGELOW, Capt. JOSEPH, Jr. (s. of Capt. Joseph) m. 
Olive Chil. Relief, b. June 10, 1751. and m. Thomas 

Richardson, 1775; Martha, May 14, 1753; sup. m. Abel Big- 
elow, 1778; Dinah, July 28, 1755, and m. Daniel Andrews, 
1731; Olive. Oct. 30, 1757; Stephen, .iiwe 1, 1760; Ascah, 
Sept. 8,1762; Abigail, Nov. 21, 1764; Eunice, Feb. 14, 
1772; Miriam, Aug. 12, 1774. 

BIGELOW, CHARLES (s. of Joseph, Sen.) m. Lucy, 
D. of Jonathan Bennet, Dec. 23, 1760. Chil. Lucretia, b. 
April 3, 1762, and m. Josiah Peirce, 1780; Andrew, April 24, 
1764, and n^. Sarah, D. of Jonathan Fassett, (Favvcet) 1785; 
Joseph, April 15, 1766; Charles, Jan. 1, 1768; Asahel, Nov. 
27, 1769; Lucij, Jan. 13, 1772; Solomon, Sept. 16, 1774 j 
Mary, July 15, 1779; John, Aug. 24, 1731. 

BIGELOW, ABEL m. Martha, D. of Joseph Bigelow, Jr., 
1778. Chil. Dennis, b. July 15, 1779; Artemas, Jan. 21, 
1781, and d. Nov. 25, 17S1 ; Martha, May 27, 1784; Abel, 
July 19, 1735. 

Samuel, 1679, and Thomas, 1633. These three brothers settled in Marlboro', and 
each of them had a large family of children. 

Of the children of John, Joseph, (afterwards Capt. Joseph,) b. 1703, and Benja- 
min, b. 1720, settled in Shrewsbury. Freedom, the wife of John Bouker, was their 
sister. 

Of the children of Samuel, Samuel, b. 1707, and Amariah (afterwards Dea. Am- 
ariah) b. 1722, of a second wife, settled in this town. The former in the South, 
the latter in the ISorth Parish. 



232 FAMILY REGISTER. 

BIGELOW, SAMUEL, from Westboro', (s. of Samuel, of 
Marlboro') m. Jedidah Hatborn, of Marlboro', Nov. 28, 1729 ; 
lived in S. part of tbe town, on tbe Grafton road. Sbe was tben 
a mem. of Marlboro' ebb. Tbey were bolb admitted bere in 
1731. Cbil. Samuel, b. June 24, 1731 ; Jedidah, March 21, 
1733, and m. John VVbeeler, Jr. 1760 ; Dorcas, July 6, 1735, 
and m. Setli Swan of Paxton, 1768; Solomon, July 25, 1737, 
and d. Oct. 1742 ; Silas, Oct. 10, 1739, H. U. 17j65, ord. min- 
ister of Paxton, Oct. 21, 1767, and d. JN'ov. 10, 17G9, leaving a 
family ;'^»S'o/omon, Nov. 3, 1742; Jthamar, July 30, 1745 J 
Sarah, Sept. 10, 1747, and m. Epbraim Smith of Grafton, 
June 8, 1767. He next m. Abigail, wid. of Moses Hastings, 
and D. of Wm. Taylor, May 7, 1770. There is no record of 
his death, nor of tbe death of either of bis w'ives, on tbe town 
book . 

BIGELOW, SAMUEL, Jr. (s. of Samuel) m. Phebe, D. 
of Daniel Rand, July 1, 1755 ; she d. June 10, 1770, aged 37. 
Cbil. Lcvinah, Feb. 1, 1756, and m. James Wheeler, of Graf- 
ton ; Mary. April 13, 1757; Vashti, May 19, 1758; Lucreiia^ 
June 1, 1760, and m. Adam Harrington, Aug. 1781, and Capt. 
Martin Newton, 1794; Hnmphrcij, Sept. 4, 1761; Serena, 
March 16, 1765, and m. Benjamin Jennings, Jr. of Brookfield, 
17S6. He ra. Anna Wincbestei-, of Grafton, 1770, and bad 
John b. Dec. 11, 177 L 

BIGELOW, SOLOMON (s. of Samuel, Sen.) m. Sarah, 
D. of Ehsha Newton, March 4, 1761. Cbil. Barna, b. Sept. 
11, 1762; (said to have d. in Brookfield, Vt. aged 78. HisD. 
Lydia m. Noyes Tucker, 1805) Silas, Dec. 1, 1764, and d. 
infant; Silas, Dec. 24, 1763. This family settled in Fitz- 
william. 

BIGELOW, HUMPHREY (s. of Samuel, Jr.) m. Mary, 
D. of Pbineas Underwood of Wesiford, Dec. 20, 1786. She 
d. Oct. 6, 1789, aged 22, leaving John, b. Aug. 12, 1787, and 
d. in Sutton, aged 23. He next m. Hannah Whipple, of Graf- 



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ton, 1791. Chil. Samuel, b. July 2, 1793, and m. D. of Jon- 
athan Forbush, of Grafton, and removed to Ohio; Catharine, 
Aug. 12, 1795 ; Hannah, Oct. 2, 1797, and m. Richard- 
son, of Sutton, next, Pardon Aldrich, of Grafton ; Mary, Aug. 
4, 1799, and d. unm. ; Silas, Ang. 10, 1801 ; Moses, July 23, 
1803. He removed to Sutton with his family, (where he had 
Susan TV., wlio m. Owen W. Allen; and John, who m. Mary, 
D. of John W. Slocomb of Sutton,) and d. there, 1842, aged 80. 

BIGELOW, Dea. AMARIAH (s. of Samuel of xMarlboro') 
and his wife, Lydia, D. of Thomas Brigham, were both from 
Marlboro', and m. there April 14, 1747 ; settled in the N. P. — 
deacon there, selectman, &.c. She d. March 17, 1748. Leav- 
ing Lydia, b. on the first of that mo. His second wife was Sa- 
rah Eveleth of Stow, m. 1752. Chil. Francis, b. Aug. 20, 
1753, and m. Levinah, D. of Ezra Beaman, Esq., Oct. 29, 1778 ; 
Abel, Jan. 27, 1755, and m. Martha, D. of Joseph Bigelow, Jr., 
1778 ; Amarioh, March 23, 1757 ; Sarah, Aug. 13, 1759, and 
sup. ni. Rev. Eleazer Fairbank of the N. Parish, Oct. 3, 1781 ; 
Levi, March 31, 1762, and d. 1764; Levi, Aug. 27, 1765;. 
Elnathan, Sept. 9, 1767. Dea. B. d. March 8, 1780, aged 58. 

BIGELOW, Dr. AMARIAH, Jr. (s. of Dea.) m. Persis, 
D. of Ezra Beaman, Esq., 1781. Chil. Elizabeth, h. Sept. 22, 
1781, and d. infant; Ezra, Nov. 27, 1782; Persis, My 11, 
1785. 

BIGELOW, BENJAMllN (s. of John of Marlboro') and 
his wife, Levinah, D. of William Thomas, of Marlboro', had 
chW. Levinah, b. April 24,1747; William Thomas, April 4, 
1749 ; Edmund, Feb. 27, 1751. 

Jabez Bigelow m. Deborah Knowlton, Oct. 5, 1761. 

Miriam Bigelow m. Archelaus Anderson of Chester, May 30, 
1765. 

Mary Bigelow pub. to John Bixbee of Princeton, Feb. 3, 1769. 

Sophia Bigelow m. Joseph Morse, May 4, 1780. 

Amelia Bigelow m. George Witherby, New Braintree, 1783. 

A wid. Mary Bigelow d. here May 14, 1752. 
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234 FAMILY REGISTER. 

BRIARD, NICHOLAS and his wife, Lydia had chil. Mi- 
rahjhnp. (also, Nicholas, the father,) Oct. 31, 173G ; A]osci> 
and Miriam, twins, bap. Aug. 13, 1738; 2d Moses, bap. March 
22, 1741 ; Aaron, h. 1743. 

BALL, PHINEAS and his wife Martha had a child, DaiiuJ, 
bap. June 6, 1742; the father was bap. at the same lime. 

BALL, DANIEL m.' Lucy Newton, Oct. 25, 1749, lived 
in N. Parish, and d. 1813, aged 93. Chil. lihamar, b. Sept. 
10, 1750, and d. infant ; Moses, Oct. 7, 1751 ; Lucy, Feb. 4' 
175S; Sarah, May 1, 1760; Nathan, Aug. 5, 1762; Thank- 
ful, March 9, 1765. Daniel Ball, perhaps the above, m. Lydia 
Smith, Sept. 18, 1773. 

BALL, ELIJAH, from Boylston, m. Olive, D. of Elzaphan 
Plympton, Dec. 1, 181S. She d. May 28, 1821, aged 25. 
Chil. George Whitneij, b. July 8, 1819. He next m. Nancy, 
sis. of his late wife, Feb. 12, 1824. She d. Nov. 19, 1835, 
aged 35. He next m. Elizabeth, wid. of Lyman Plympton, 
bro. of his former wives, Jan. 16, 1836. He removed to North- 
boro', and there had a fourth wife. 

BALL, NAHUM m. Clarinda, D. of David Dudly, Jan. 

16, 1822. 

JOHN BRIGHAM* (s. of John of Marlboro') and his 
wife, Susanna, were both admitted to the chh. here in 1737. 



■* Thomas Brigham and his wiCe, said to have been .Mercie Hurd, were from 
England, and settled in Cambridge, then having a son, Thomas. There they had 
John, b. 1G44, and Samuel in 1G52. The father d. there Jan. 8, 1653. The widow, 
with her children next appear in Sudbury, where she m. Edmund Rice, March J, 
1G55. He d. in Marlboro', May, 1GG3. She there next m. William Hunt, in 16C4. 
He d. there, Oct. 1CG7, and she d. his widow, Dec. 23, 1G93. John, whose wife was 
Sarah, had John, b. in Marlboro', 1G80, who probably was the head petitioner for 
this township, and the same to whom was granted house lot, Wo. 14, in 1718. The 
records furnish no evidence of his residing here. 

Samuel m. Elizabeth Howe in Marlboro', Nov. 1G84. 



FMUUi RECISTEn. ^ O35 

She d. Feb. 12. 1761, aged 53. His death dno? not appear on 
record. Chil. Deborah, b. Dec. 1 i, 1737, and d. unm. Oct. 
£•2, 1816, aged 7G ; JoJnu July 25, 1739; Samuel, July «, 
1741 ; Susanna, July 15, 1745, and m. David Nelson, Sen,, 
17S5. 

BllIGHAM, JOniV, Jr. (s. of John and Susanna,) m. Ze- 
ruiah, D. of Eleazer Rice of Westboro', 1762. Chil. Miriam, 
Dec. 1762; Eunice, March 20, 1766; JoJm, Dec. 26, 1767. 
This family is said to have remoi'ed to Gerry, now Phillipston. 

BRIGHAM, SAMUEL (c. of John, Sen.) ni. Rachel, D. 
of Phineas Underwood, of Westford, 1774, and d. Feb. 23, 
1836, in his 95th year; his wife, Rachel, d. Dec. 21, 1810, 
aged 64. Child, /oA:-, b. I larch 22, , <to. The parents were 
admitted to the chh. in 1730. 

BRIGHAM, JOHN (s. of Samuel) in. Sarah Fay of North- 
boro', Aug. 14, 1808. Chil. Samuel Augustus, h. Feb. 18, 
1S09, and m. Daphne Legget, and d. Oct. 1G46 ; Abraham Fay, 
March 3, 1310; Abigail Mariyn, Feb. 4. 1812, and James 
S, Green of Millbury ; John, June £9, ISiS, and d. Nov. IS38; 
Charles Taylor, Oct. 14, 1826. 

Thomas, the elder of the three brothers, m. Mary , (the rrcord is, " Thcm-g 

Brigham and Mary, his wife, were married Dec. 27, 1665,") and had Nathan b. 
IbTl, who m. Dinah R.ice, Dec. 1717 3 Jorathan, b. 1571-; David, in 1573, and EIna- 
than, in 1G83. 

David, whose first wife was Deborah •- , had John, b. 1701, whom I suppose to 

be the John above meationed, bat, of whose marriage with Susanna, I can find no 
account. David m. Mary Newton, his second wife, Oct. 21, 1703, (so is the i\Iarl 
boro' rcc. 1 had supposed his second wife was Mary Leonard,) and had Silas b. 
1710, who m. Mindwell Grout in 17oJ. They were the parents of the late David 
Brigham of this town. David also had Levi (Col.) b. 1717, whose wife wa.s Susanna 
Grout, m. June G, 1745. They were the parents of the late Judge Elijah Brigham 
of Westboro', whose third wife was Sarah, D. of Gen. Artemas Ward, and of the 
late Winslow Brigham, of Nortl.boro', who m. Alice, D. of Col. Job Gushing, 1781. 

Judge Brigham d. at Washington, a mem. of Congress', Feb. 22, 1816, aged 64.; 
his wid. Sarah, at Westboro', Feb. 3, lo3C, agci Gl. Winslow Brigham d. in North- 
boro', Sept. 4, 1837, aged 31, and his wid., Alice, Feb. 7, 1847, aged 90. Asa Brig- 
ham, who settled in this town, v/as a son of David and brother of Silas. He was 
b. Dec. 2, 1721. The first Thomas is cupposcd to have been the progenitor of all 
the Brighams in New Enffland. 



236 FAMILY REGISTER. 

BRIG HAM, Capt. ASA (s. of David, of VVestboro') m. 
Mary Newton of Westboro', Oct., 1744, and both admitted to 
the chh. here in 1747. He was the first Capt. of the South 
Militia Company in this town, (See page 37,) and removed 
about 1775, it is said, to Fitzwilham. Chil. Alpheus, b. April 
30, 1746, and m. Lydia Green, of Westboro', 17()4; Mary, 
March 10, 1748; Leonard, May 7, 1750, and m. Mary, D. of 
Capt. Silas Witherby, 1774; Levinah, Feb. 21, 175-2, and m. 
Antipass Harrington of Grafton, 1774; Stephen, May 13, 1754 ; 
Elizabeth, Se^i. 2Q, \1^Q; Asa, Sept. 10, 1758; ThanlcfuJ, 
June 13, 1760; Lyman, Nov. 19, 1762; Josiah Newton, 
March 30, 1765. 

BRIGHAM, STEPHEN (from Westboro') and his wife, 
Jemima Snow, m. 1764, iiad chil. Martha, b. Sept. 9, 1766, 
and d. May 23, 1784; Edmund, Sept. 29, 1769; Sarah, Feb. 
21, 1772; Jabez, Aug. 28, 1775; Dolly, July 10, 1777, and 
d. 1782; Stephen, Sept. 21, 1779; Dolly, Dec. 23, 1783. 

BRIGHAM, DAVID (s. of Silas of Westboro') m. Mercy, 
D. of Dea. Benjamin Maynard, March 21, 1~65. She, with 
her inflint, d. Nov. 10, 1766, aged 22. He m. Martha Cham- 
berlain of Westboro', Oct. 13, 1768; both ad. to chh. 1801. 
She d. Aug. 9, 1807, aged 59. Chil. Nathaniel, b. July 27, 
1769; Edmund Trobridge, March 9, 1771; Mercy, iune 10, 
1773, and d. Aug. 28, 1776; Prescott, June 24, 1775, and d. 
Sept. 22, 1776; David, Aug. 6, 1777, and d. Aug. 26, 1780; 
Prescott, bap. April 16, 1780; Martha, b. March 6, 1782, and 
m. Balch Dean, Nov. 20, 1800 ; 31crcy, March 21, 1784, and 
m. John Rider, 1806; David, Aug. 15, 1786, H. U. 1810. 
Counsellor at law, Greenfield, where he m. a D. of David Rip- 
ley ; removed to this town; thence to Fitchburg; thence to 
Iowa, and d. there, say, 1843; Ebenczer, April 28, 1789; 
Luther, bap. June 10, 1791, and d. Aug. 29, 1793. He next 
m. Hannah Marcy of Brooklyn, Ct., 1809, and d. Sept. 27, 
1824, aged 80. Mary Brigham, perhaps his sister, m. Jonathan 
Prescott, Jr. of Lancaster, Dec. 12, 1776. In the marriage 



FAMILY REGISTER. 237 

record, she is called of Shrewsbury, as was also Mindwell Brig- 
ham, who m. Nathaniel Lanison of Westboro', 1777, father of 
Silas Lamson, whose scythe snaiihs and singularities have given 
him some notoriety. Jemima Brigham, b. in Westboro', 1737, 
sup. sister of David, and called of this town, m. Constantino 
Hardy, of Westboro', Jan. 25, 1763. 

BRIGHAM, NATHANIEL (s. of David) m. Sarah, D. of 
John Mason, Sen. Nov. 21, 1799. ChW. Luther, h. Oci. 10, 
1800; Cahiii, May 23, 1802; he removed with his family to 
West Boylston, and d. there, May 20, 1S46, aged 77. 

BRIGHAM, EDMUND T. (s. of David) m. Lucy Davis 
of Ware. Chil. Elijah Augustus, b. in Westboro', June 20, 
1804 ; David Trobridge, here, Aug. 5, 180G, and m. Ann Peck 
of Worcester, and removed there, and thence lo the West ; 
Elijah Augustus m. Elizabeth, D. of Thomas Witherby, Jr., 
May 17, 1825. Child, Susan Elizabeth, July 26, 182G; he re- 
moved to Philadelphia. 

BRIGHAM, PRESCOTT (s. of David) m. Hannah, D. of 
Gideon Rider, April 6, 1814. Chil. Ebenezer Prescott, b. 
Sept. 8, 1818; Martha Chamberlain, Dec. 16, 1823. Re- 
moved to Wisconsin. 

BRIGHAM, BENJAMIN, from Westboro', (s. of Dr. Ger- 
shom and Esther, who was s. of Gershom and Mary) with his 
wife, Lucy Hardy, m. 1803, lived here a few years, and d. Jan. 
.31, 1831, aged 51. ChW. Loring,h. 1804, and Susan Lee, 
180G, in Westboro'; no record of any here. Susan Lee Brig- 
ham m. William H. Knowlton, 182S. Joseph Brigham, twin 
brother of Benjamin, b May 28, 1780, and his wife, Hannah 
Hardy, m. 1807, sis. of his bro. Benjamin's wife, also lived here 
a few years, and d. Feb. 29, 183G, aged 56. Chil. Joseph 
Darwin, 1807, and fVilliam Belknap, 1S09, in Westboro'; none 
on rec. here. 



23S FAMILY REGISTER. 

BRIGHAM, Dr. ADOLPHUS from Southboro", m. Eliza 
Ann Parker of Soutliboro', 1828; next, Rebecca Wliiting, D. 
of Thomas Knowlton, Jr.. 1832. Chil. Frederic Adolphus, 
April 1, 1835; FranMin Whiting, Sept. 13, 1841. 

BURNS, OLIVER, from Ireland; wife, Margaret, had 
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 14, 1 70S, in Ardstraw, in the County of 
Tyron in Ireland ; such is the town rec. What became of them, 
or when here, is unknown. 

BAKER, MARSHALL, and his wife, Thankful, D. of 
Obediah Ward, Jr. of Marlboro', m. March 21, 1734, were from 
Marlboro'. The birth of their s. Sheruhiah, b. March 18, 1747, 
is all that denotes their having lived here ; removed to Peters- 
bam or vicinity. 

BAKER, JOHN, Jr. ra. Persis, D. of John Wheeler, June 
11, 1754. Chil. Mary, b. Aug. 26, 1754; Thovias,'^ov.2, 
1757 ; Hepzibah, July 29, 1759. 

BAKER, THOMAS, and his wife, Azubah were 

from Westboro'; where they had Mary, b. March 13, 1738, sup. 
m. George Earl of Leicester, April 26, 1757 ; Catharine, bap. 
here, May 21, 1740, and m. Elisba Keyes, July 19, 1757 ; his 
wife, Azubah, d. March 25, 1742. He next m. Eunice 
Chil. Daniel, b. 1751 ; Asa, May 25, 1754 ; Reuben, bap. 
March 14, 1756. He next m. Mary, D. of Eilisha Newton, 
Sen., Feb. 22, J76S; and, in 1774, she m. Ezra Pond of Hub- 
bardston. 

BAKER, DANIEL (s. of Thomas) m. Deborah, D. of 
Solomon Rand, July 19, 1774, and d. Dec. 12, 1821, aged 70. 
Chil. Ashbel, b. Aug. 4, 1775, and m. Mary Wilson, April 22, 
1802; Anna, Aug. 17, 1778, and m. Benjamin Angier, Jan. 
27, 1801; Azubah, July 31, 1780, and m. John W^esson of 
Grafton, Dec. 16, 1805; Artcmas Dodge, Jan. 20, 1783; Ab- 
ner, Aug. 28, 1785; Asa, June 11, 1788; Jasper Band, 
March 25, 1792, and m. Elizabeth W. Howard of Worcester, 
1814. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 239 

BAKER, REUBEiV (s. of Thomas) m. Miriam Smilli, 
Oct. 15, 1778; and Cliarlotte, D. of Gideon Howe, Jan. 4, 
173J. Cliil. Eunice, b. June 27, 1781, and n). Elijah Hap- 
good, 1802; LuJce, June 27, 1784; Cliarlotte llowc, Dec. 2, 
1786. He m. Elizabeth Maynard of Harvard, 1789. Chil. 
Miriam, Feb. 3, 1791; Jesse, June 21, 1794; Edith, April 
16, 1798. Elizabeth fiaker, sup. wid. of Reuben, n). Lot For- 
bush of VVestboro', Feb. 5, 1812. 

BAKER, ARTEMAS D. (s. of Daniel) m. Prudence 
Howard of Worcester, 1813. Chil. Artemas Doilgc, b. Dec. 
27, 1813; Deborah Rami, April 16, 1815, d. Oct. 6, 1819; 
Amia Angler, Aug. IG, 1816; Josiah fV., April 18, 1826. 

BAKER, ASA (s. of Daniel) m. Lucy Child, 

Lucy Elliott, b. June 8, 1817. 

BAKER, BENJAMIN (<;. s. of Joseph of Marlboro') m. 
Elizabeth Fames of Fraaiingbam, 1767. Chil. John, b. Dec, 
29, 1768; Li/dia, Nov.24, 1770; Elizabeth, Dec. 22, 1772, 
and m. RoswcU Temple, 1792 ; fVinslow, bap. June 25, 1775r 
He m. Rebecca, May 14, 1777, wid. of Samuel Wesson, of 
Worcester Gore, who went from Maine through the woods with 
Arnold to Quebec, in 1775, and d. there of small pox. Chil. 
Benjamin, bap. March 1, 1778 ; Sarah, Dec. 13, 1779, and m, 
Jed. Tucker, Jr. 1797 ; 2d Benjamin, Feb. 3, 1782; Hannah, 
Aug. 18, 1783. 

BAKER, JOHN (s. of Benjamin) m. Lydia, D. of Abel 
Goulding, Dec. 12, 1793, and d. Dec. 17, 1811, aged 43. His 
wid. Lydia, d. Sept. 27, 1818, aged 46. Chil. Tmicij, Aug. 8, 
1794, and m. Seth Wyman, Jr., Nov. 28, 1816; Elizabeth, 
July 6, 1797, and m. Nahum Nurse, Jan. 1, 1818; Nancy, 
May 3, 1803, and m. Joseph T. Turner of Worcester, May 21, 
1826. 



240 FAMILY REGISTER. 

BAKER, JOSEPH, b. 1742, (s. of Robert, who had a 
twin brother, Benjamin, b. 1713, sons of Joseph of Marlboro',) 
m. Dinah, D. of Eleazer Rice of Westboro', Aug. 18, 1760. 
Chil. fVinsloiv, b. April 10, 1761 ; Joe/, June 13, 1762; Amos, 
Jan. 26, 1764; Mary, bap. Oct. 13, 1765. 

BAKER, CORNELIUS and his wife, Esther, had Manj, b. 
May 22, 1766; Esther, Dec. 26, 1767. 

BLAIR, WILLIAM, (probably one of the heirs of Wil- 
liam, who were on house lot, No. 12, in 1729,) wife, Mary. 
Chil. a D. b. March 10, 1743; a s., June 19, 1745; and an- 
other D. — record torn and names lost. 

BARBER, MATHEW, from Weston, m. Mary Blair, Jan. 
21,1727. Chil. iWflr?/, ua p. March 17, 1728; Robert, hsip. 
Sept. 21, 1729; Sarah, bap. June 6, 1731; Lydia, bap. 
March 4, 1733. 

BROWN, GEORGE and his wife, Eunice were 

from Waltham ; lived on the road to Grafton, half a mile south 
of the turnpike road. His dwelling house burnt there, Aug. 
1774. He d. 1807. His wid. Eunice, d. Nov. 10, 1824, aged 
90. Chil. George, b. at Waltham, Dec. 27, 1765; Elizabeth, 
here, March 7, 1768, and ra. Ebenezer Cutler of Grafton ; -Eu- 
nice, June 1, 1771, and m. Gould ; Gershom, 
May 16, 1774. 

BROWN, GEORGE, Jr. (s. of George) m. Lois Whitney 
of Grafton, 1790, and d. Sept., 1845, aged 80. Chil. Lois, b. 
Aug. 5, 1792, and in. John Maynard, 1813; Luke, Sept. 20, 
1793; JoAn, Jan. 12, 1795; £/7/«nio, June 17, 1796 ; George, 
at Warwick, Jan. 5, 1801 ; Abigail, at Springfield, Feb, 10, 
1804; Eunice, at Longmeadow, July 6, 1806, and m. 
Ball ; Elizabeth, here, March 4, 1S09, and m. 
Cheney ; Jllexander, July 2, 1311; Otis, Aug. 19, 

1814, and d. 1816 ; Edwin Otis, Jan. 15, 1817. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 04I 

BROWN, GERSHOM (s. of George) m. Edith Wyman 
of Roxbury. She d. Aug. 23, 1839, aged 76. Chil. Edith, 
b. Dec. 29, 1802; Sarah Doubt, March 30, 1807, and m. 
Edward Newton, 1830; and next, Harvey Carpenter. 

BIXBY, NATHANIEL (sup. from Lancaster) m. Jerusha 
Houghton of Lancaster, 1742; chh. here, 1742. C\\\\. Levi, 
b. Aug. 17, 1743; Elizabeth and Jerusha, Aug. 14, 1746; 
Zeruiah, IMay 25, 1749; Lois, May 5, 1751 ; Adonijah, May 
23, 1753; Abigail, Sept. 5, 1755; Nathaniel, July 30, 1758; 
Eunice, May 30, 1762. 

BIXBY, DANIEL and his wife, Tabitha, had chil. Eunice, 
b. April 30, 1743; Jonathan, Dec. 15, 1744, and m. Esther 
Gale of Weston, June 1, 1768, and went to Winchendon ; Han- 
nah, Feb. 7, 1747; Aaroji, May 21, 1749; Daniel, Feb. 2, 
1751 ; Sarah, Feb. 8, 1753 ; and, perhaps, Manassah, who m. 
Elizabeth Dinsmore of Lancaster, 1765. 

BIXBY, JOHN m. Elizabeth Floyd of Princeton, 1769. 
Chil. miliam, b. Feb. 5, 1770; Tryphena, Jan. 7, 1772 j 
Mary, Aug. 4, 1774; John, Feb. 3, 1777. 

BIXBY, JOSEPH m. Miriam Bryant of Lancaster, July 
13, 1769. Chil. Aaron, b. Oct. 16, 1774 ; Miriam, Jan. 24, 
1776. He is sup. to have m. Elizabeth Hadley of Sterling, 
1784. 

A IMary Bixby in. Joseph French, Jan. 2, 1746. The Bixby 
families lived in the N. Parish. 

BUTLER, PETER and his wife, Sarah, D. of Dea. John 
Keyes, were from Marlboro'. Chil. Mary, b. there, and bap. 
here, Nov. 11, 1736. "No minister there;" "offered by the 
mother, the father having turned Quaker," Ann, bap. May 17, 
1741. They then came here, and lived, it is said, on the place 
now of Capt. Isaiah Munroe. Hannah, b. April 12, 1742, and 
m. Moses Watkins of Winchester, N. H., 1761; Experience^, 
31 



242 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Feb. 20, 1744; Lydia, April 30, 1746; Peter, 1748; Eben-^ 
ezer, Nov. 3, 1749; Mary, their eldest D. m. Israel Stowell of 
Winchester, 1764. 

BUTLER, JOHN m. Susanna Oak of Westboro', 1754. 
Chil. Johii, b. Sept. 24, 1754 ; Andrew, June 13, 1756 ; Elijah, 
April 17, 1758, and d. 1759; Susamia, March 15, 1760; 
Elijah, Ju]y 24, 1762; Sylvia, bap. Aug. 1764, removed to 
Winchester, N. H., 1766. 

BUSH, JOHN, b. July 8, 1699, (s. of Abiel, who m. Grace 
Barrett, both of Marlboro', June 27, 1688) was on house lot, 
No. 38, in 1739; wife, Martha Temple of Marlboro', m. April 
24, 1723. He d. July 14, 1757, aged 58. Chil. John, b. 
Dec. 24. 1723, and d. infant; Martha, Nov. 2, 1724, and d. 
Aug. 26, 1736; Persis, bap. May 28, 1727, and m. Rev. Eb- 
enezer Morse, 1745; Jotham, May 23, 1729; Mflriha, Jan. 13, 
1738, and m. Cyprian Keyes, Jr., May 27, 1756. 

BUSH, JOTHAM (s. of John) m. Hepzibah, D. of Dea. 
Cyprian Keyes, March 24, 1750. Chil. Hepzibah,h. Nov. 20, 
1751, and ra. Joseph Moor, Jr. of Lancaster, 1769 ; David, 
Aug. 19, 1753; Jotham and John, July 4, 1755 ; former d. in- 
fant; Jotham, April 8, 1757; Persis, March 8, 1759; Lucy, 
March 27, 1761, and m. Moses Fiske, 1781 ; Levi, March 26, 
1763; Jonathan, Feb. 24, 1767, and d. 1771 ; Martha, March 
Ij 1772. His wid. Hepzibah m. Edward Raymond, 1779. 

BUSH, Col. JOTHAM (s. of Jotham) m. Mary, D. of John 
Taylor of Northboro', June 28, 1781, and d. 1837, aged 80. 
Chil. Mary, who m. Elijah Brigham, Jr. of Westboro'; Jemima, 
who m. Thomas Bond ; Clarinda, who m. Alexander Loveli ; 
Lucy, who m. Augustine Holcomb, next, Rev. Bancroft Fow- 
ler ; Harriet, who m. Oliver Sawyer, next, Ignatius Goulding; 
Martha, who m. Baxter Dickinson ; Jotham, who m. Hannah 
Fisher; John William, who m. Lucy Delano. 

Levi, brother of Col. Jotham, went to New York, had a fam- 
ily, and afterwards lived in Worcester. His D. Cornelia there 
m. Elnathan Pratt, and survived him. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 243 

BUSH, GEORGE, (colored) his wife, name not on rec, 
from S. America, lived in the "Gulf." He d. Feb. 24, 1767 
possessed of some property in lands, aged 80. Chii. George^ 
sup. killed at Lake George, Sept. 25, 1755; " Susannah, bap. 
1741, then 19; Ruth, bap. 1741, then 17; Joseph, bap. 1742, 
then 17; John, bap. 1743, then 17 years of age; each upon 
their own profession of religion ; " Hannah, who d. Sept. 29, 
1781 ; iSarah and Benjamin; none of ihem, it is said, ever 
married. 

BAKNS, DANIEL, (s. of John, and g. s. of Richard, who 
was in Marlboro', 16C0) chh. here, from chh. there, 1727; on 
blouse lot, No. 16, in 1729; wife, Zeruiah Eager, m. May 23, 
1723, in Marlboro'. Chil. Daniel; Lucy, bap. Jan. 1726; 
Frederic, bap. Nov. 1727 ; Zeruiah, Nov. 1729, and d. 1730 ; 
David,* bap. June, 1731. The family returned to Marlboro', 
1733. 



* Grad. H. U. 1752; ord. minister of the Gospel in Scituate, Mass., Nov. 27, 
1754; in. Rachel, 1756, D. of Hon. George Leonard of Norton; D. D., H. U., 1788, 
and d. April 2G, 1811, in the 57th year of his ministry, having completed SO years^ 
His wife, Rachel, d. 1805, aged 78. 

"Tolerant witiiout religious indifference ; candid, yet severe against folly and 
vice ; connecting maxims of frugality, temperance and industry with his ideas of 
religion, he was popular with those capable of appreciating ' words so fitly spoken, 
as to resemble apples of gold in pictures of silver,' and his ministry quiet almost 
to the last. He was remarkable for his meekness in ' instructing those that opposed,' 
and by parables, rather than by direct argument, he was accustomed to converse 
with such. A neighbor, who was a Calvinist of the siratiesi sect, having frequently 
spent long sittings in arguing with Dr. Barns, was finally answered by the following 
parable : 

' You, sir, are a gentleman, to whom the public feels and acknowledges much 
obligation for your mechanical skill and inventions. Now, we will suppose, that 
your powers should be so far increased, that you could make intelligent beings, and 
that you should produce thousands each day, formed with all the endowments of 
the human race. Then suppose that your neighbors should inquire what destina- 
tion you proposed for these beings; and you should reply, that you had also pre- 
pared a place of torment to which you proposed to condemn the greater part, not 
for any personal offence against you, but, because you had made them for that end, 
— and that the remaining few you had destined, in the same arbitrary manner, to 
another place of perfect happiness, which you had also prepared. Now, sir, sup- 
pose your neighbors were furnished with the common sense of mankind, concern- 
ing justice and goodness in the administration of one being, who has a controlling 



f244 FAMILY REGISTER. 

BELLOWS, JOHN, Jr.* of Southboro', (s. of Jolin) m. 
Susannah, D. of Samuel Whitney, Oct. 4, 1768; and lived in 
Southboro' until about the year 1784, when he settled here on 
the j)lace that was her father's. She d. there Feb. 1, 1805, 
aged 57; and he, March 6, 1826, aged 81. Chil. The birth 
of but one on rec. here. The others b. in Southboro', and i)er- 
haps not in the order here placed. Martha, who ni. Nahum 
Newton, 1792; Chloe, who m. Pelatiah Allen of Holden, June 

11, 1800; Luaj, who m. Oliver Torrey of Killingsly,Ct., March 
15, 1S09 ; Aiina, who m. Dr. Jacob Kittridge of Spencer, June 

12, 1799, (and survived him; hed. 1807, and she returned here 
with two sons, Justus and Otis) Moses, Lyscom, John, b. Feb. 
21, 1785. 

BELLOWS, MOSES (s. of John) m. Relief, D. of Jona- 
than Newton, 1804, and d. Dec. 22, 1831, aged 52, and his 
vvid. Relief, April 5, J 835, aged 60. Chil. Roxa, b. June 26, 
1804; mor/a, March 26, 180G; Robert, Nov. 14, 1807, and 
d. Feb. 21, 1834, aged 26 ; Rinda, Sept. 10, 1809; Reiia, 
Sept. 1, 1815, and d. Oct. 22, 1821 ; Rilla, Aug. 15, 1817. 

power over other beings, would they not knock your shop down, and say that such 
a wicked trade should not go on ? ' 

" His discourses were clusta's of maxims." "The writer of this (Deane) can 
never forget the charge given by the venerable Doctor to him, when ordained his 
colleague. It was full of pointed sayings like the following: 'In attempting to 
instruct your people, be careful not to preach what they will not understand, and 
especially careful not to preach what you don't understand yourself.' " 

'' Solomon, a brother of Dr. Barns, deceased in Marlboro', Dec. 1830, being 90 
years of age, on the 20th of June, 1830." History of Scituate, by Rev. Samuel 
Deane. 

* John Bellows and Mary Wood of Concord, were m. 9, 3, 1G55. They removed 
to Marlboro', where he d. in 1683, and his wid. Mary, in 1707. They had John b. 
in Marlboro', 1666, whose wife was Hannah. She d. in 1719. He probably m. 
Mary Wheeler of Concord, Dec. 1721. He was living in Southboro', in 1749, and 
in that year, having previously provided for his son, John, b. IC98, he conveyed all 
his real estate to his sons, Joseph, b. 1711, and Moses, 1713, " in equal halves," but 
" undivided." 

"A descendant of one of these settled in Walpole, N. H., and left the family 
name perpetuated there in what has long been known as 'Bellows' Falls.'" The 
latter John m. Elizabeth Allen of Hopkinton, in 1723, and probably was the father 
of John, who settled in this town, and who, in the record of hie marriage here, was 
called John Bellows, Jr. of Southboro'. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 245 

BELLOWS, LYSCOM (s. of John) m. Lydia Gardner, D. 
of Jacob Albertson, 1805, and removed to 11. L 

BELLOW?, JOHN, Jr. (s. of John) m. Eunice Willard of 
W^orcester, 1806, and d. here, Sept. 18, 1817, aged 32. Chil. 
John Willard, b. April 6, 1S07, sup. afterwards changed to y4/- 
ea;anc/er Willard ; Samuel Austin, May 4, 1809; Luther and 
Liucrttia, Dec. 3, 1810. She m. Ephraim Wesson, s. of Abel, 
May 2, 1829; Leonard Henrij, Feb. 8, 1813; Ja^nes Nexvell, 
Feb. 19, 1815. 

BELLOWS, ALEXANDER W. (s. of John, Jr.) m. 
Elizabeth G. Pond of Franklin, 1831. Child, Elizabeth G., b. 
May 22, 1833. 

BELLOWS, STEPHEN, from Sonthboro', m. Abigail P., 
D. of Nathan Muzzy, (deceased) Jan. 14, 1817. Chi]. No 
births on rec. Henry, who d. Oct. 1, 1821, aged 4 years; 
Mary, who d. the next day, aged 2 years ; 2d Mary, d. July 11, 
1826, aged 4 years. 

BROOKS, NOAH (set off with his farm to Grafton, 1741) 
whose wife was Sarah, had Mary, b. Jan. 29, 1737. 

BREWER, WILLIAM, from Waltham, m. EHzabeth Ball 
of Watertown, Feb. 3, 1731, and came here about 1743, with 
a family. Chil. Elizabeth and Williain. He next m. Abigail 
Garfield of Watertown, April 10, 1735. Chil. Abigail; Sarah, 
b. June 7, 1744; Benjamin, April 15, 1747; Isaac, Sept. 8, 
1749; Abigail and Jonas, Dec. 4, 1751 ; Elizabeth, June G, 
1754, and m. Joseph Garfield of Warwick, 1778. The two 
last daughters were named for the two first, who were drowned 
on the 22d day of Oct., 1751, at Lancaster, " in a saw mill 
pond," says the chh. record ; the eldest 19, and the other 16 
years of age. The parents did not remove their chh. relation- 
ship to this place until 1771, and then from Waltham, yet all the 
children b. after 1743, were bap. here soon after their respective 
births. 



246 FAMILY REGISTER. 

BREWER, WILLIAM, Jr. (s. of William) m. Mary, D. of 
Edward Goodale, Nov. 22, 1764. He, and perhaps his father, 
lived on the place now of Daniel Noyes. Child, Libbeus, bap. 
June 25, 1775 ; removed, sup. to Royalston. 

BALDWIN, HENRY and his wife, Abigail Butler, were 
from Pelham, N. H., where his father, Henry, previously of Wo- 
burn, d. 1753, leaving a wid. Mary, formerly Mary Richardson.* 
They came here with a family about 1756, and settled on the 
place now of Jason Bullard, where he kept a public house. 
Both admitted to chh. here in 1773; his wife from the chh. in 
Nottingham West, N. H. His mother, having m. a second hus- 
band. Col. John Jones of Hopkinton, and survived him, came 
here, and resided with her son. She d. here, Oct. 25, 1798, in 
her 105th year. When 100 years old, the Rev. Dr. Sumner 
look her to a sleigh ride. 

Abigail, the wife of Henry Baldwin, d. May 23, 1777, aged 
57. Chil. Mary, who m. Elisha Ward, April 7, 1763, and d. 
in Petersham, 1811, aged 6S ; Zeruiah, who m. Jonathan Hey- 
wood, Jr. of Concord, Nov. 7, 1771; Abigail, who m. Dr. 
Abraham Holland, s. of James, June 2, 1784, and removed to 
Walpole, N. H. ; Relief, who ra. Capt. William Hammond of 
Newton, Nov. 12, 1778, and removed to Bangor in 1808; 
Henry ; Lucretia, b. Nov. 12, 1756, m. Jonas Stone of Leices- 
ter, (now of this town, and both living, Jan. 1847) June 1, 1784; 
Thaddeus, Dec. 7, 1758; Life, April 25, 1763; Tilly, Aug. 
10, 1770, and d. Aug. 1775. The second wife of Henry Bald- 
win was Martha, wid. of Ebenezer Abbott. He survived her, 
and d. Nov. 17, P89, aged 72. 

*They had an only D., Mary, who m. April 8, 1715, Rev. Abner Bayley, (s. of 
Joshua of Wewbury, Mass.) grad. H. U. 173G, and ord. first minister of Salem, 
(N. H.) 1740. She d. Feb. 18, 1789 ; he d., in the ministry, March 10, 1798. Their 
chil. were, 1. Mary, wife of William White of Plaislow, (N. H.) and, afterwards, of 
Dea. Webster of Haverhill, Mass.; 2. Elizabeth, wife of Henry Little of Salem, 
{N. H.) 3. Lavinia, wife of Rev. William Kelley of Warner, (JN. H.) 4. Sarah. 

TV. U. Historical Collections. 

Henry, father of Henry, who d. in 1753, was son of Henry of Woburn, who m. 
Phebe Richardson, Dec. 1, 1649, and had seven children, whose births are recorded 
there. The name of Baldwin is very ancient, and ma;r be traced back to the 7th 
century, when it was Baldwinus. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 247 

BALDWIN', Capt. HEJVRY, Jr. (s. of tlenry) m. Azubah, 
D. of Elisha Keyes, Nov. 5, 1786, aod d. Dec. 28, 1789, aged 
36. Chil. Mary, b. July 2, 1787, and ni. xMoses Gill of Prince- 
ton, 1810; Utnry, Oct. 5, 1738; Nathan, Sept. 24, 1790.—- 
His wid. Azubah m. Capt. Ashbel Smith, April 23, 1805. 

BALDWIN, THADDEUS (s. of Henry, Sen.) ni. Abigail, 
D. of Col. Asa Rice, March 2, 1784. Chil. Tilly, b. Aug. 3, 
1784; Loammi, Aug. 1, 1786. He removed with his family to 
Gerry, now Phillipston. 

BALDWIN, LIFE (s. of Henry, Sen.) m. Mary Holland 
of Petersham, and settled, it is said, in Townsend. 

BALDWIN, HENRY (s. of Capt. Henry) m. Mary, D. of 
Capt. Luther Goddard, Oct. 11, 1812. Chil. Maiy Elizabeth, 
b. March 13, 1813, and d. unm. 1846 ; Harriet Azubah, May 
80, 1816; Angeline Augusta, April 26, 1819, and m. Oliver 
B. Sawyer of Berlin; Charles Henry, Jan. 8, 1823, and m. 
Harriet H. Grosvenor, 1846 ; Catharine Maria, Feb. 20, 1825. 

BALDWIN, Capt. NATHAN (s. of Capt. Henry) m. 
Elizabeth Denny, D. of Thomas W. Ward, Esq., May 26, 1817. 
Chil. Catharine Maria Ward, b. Jan. 6, 1818, and m. Thomas 
Lyon of Northboro', jNIay 1, 1828; Henry Walter, Jan. 5, 
1820; Charles Snith, March 22, 1823, and d. 1824; James. 

BANNISTER, NATHAN (s. of Joseph of Brookfield, who 
was s. of Christopher of Marlboro', and he the s. of Nathan, Jr., 
whose parents, Nathan and Mary, were in Charlestown, 1669. 
Christopher d. in 1678) m. Sarah, D. of Daniel Whitney, Dec. 
17, 1769, and lived upon the place in the S. W. part of now 
Boylston, that was previously her father W hitney's, where he d. 
Aug. 1825, aged 78. His wife, Sarah, d. June, 1817, aged 68. 
Chil. Joseph, b. Oct. 18, 1770, and m. Elizabeth Stone of Fra- 
mingham, and d. in N. J., about 1817; Thankful, March 28, 
1773, and m. Thomas Harlow, 1798; Nathan, J an. 1, 1775; 



248 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Daniel, Feb. 13, 1777, and m. Anna, D. of Caleb Drury, July 
2, 1798, and removed to Gardner; Sarah, Nov. 20, 1778, and 
m. Arunah Harlow, 1799; Seth,Nov. 3, 1780, and m. Mary 
Hastings, whose chil. were Mary, Eli and Lucy ; John, Sept. 23, 
1783, and m. Lucy, D. of Nathan Howe, Esq., and d. May 5, 
1822, aged 40; Luke, March 16, 1786, and d. 1802; Mary, 
Sept. 29, 1788, and rn. Nathan R. Tilton ; Emery, Sept. 29, 
1791, and m. Lucy, D. of Joel Drury, 1821. She d. Dec. 29, 
1834 aged 43. His second wife was Melinda, D. of Abijah 
Drury. 

BANNISTER, NATHAN (s. of Nathan) went to South- 
boro', and m. Sarah, D. of Benjamin Champney, s. of Maj. 
Jonathan, where he d. Sept. 5, 1846, aged 72. His wife, Sarah, 
d. Sept. 23, 1840, aged 60. Chil. George S., Samuel, Charles, 
Ann, Emery, Selucas, Nancy H. and Maynard ; all b. in South- 
boro', between 1801 and 1821. 

BEAMAN, EZRA, Esq. (s, of Capt. Jabez, who was one 
of the selectmen, 1753 and 4 ; and d. here, 1757, aged 53 ; sup. 
from Lancaster"*) m. Persis, D. of Dea. Cyprian Keyes, June 
1, 1758. Chil. Levinah, b. Dec. 8, 1759, and m, Francis 
Bigelow of Boston, 1778; Persis, April 1, 1762, sup. m. Dr. 
Amariah Bigelow, 1781; Jabez, Dec. I, 1764; Elizabeth, 
June 12, 1767 ; Ezra, Dec. 27, 1770. 

BEAMAN, EPHRAIM (sup. brother of Ezra) m. Tamar 
Howe of Lancaster, 1764. Chil. Silas, b. April 7, 1765. Ezra 
and Ephraim held town offices here before and at the time the 



* Gamaliel Beaman, whose wife was Sarah, had JNoah, b. in Lancaster, 3, 2 mo., 
1661, and Thankful, April 18, 1663; and John, whose wife was Priscilia. They had 
Sarah, b. in Lancaster, Jan. 25, 1G81, and Gamaliel, Feb. 29, 1684. 

Thomas Beaman, whose wife was Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. 1679; Eleazer, 
1683; Sarah, 1683; and Abraham, 1692; all in Marlboro'. Abraham Beaman, last 
named, whose vvife was Mary, had several chil., among them, Noah, b. 1730, in 
Marlboro'; who may have been the following, with a different spelling of the name. 

JNoah Beamon< m. Lydia Howe in Marlboro', 1765, and had eight chil. b. there 
previous to 1770. Of his sons, were Abraham, INoah, Aaron and Samuel. 



J*AMILY REGISTER. 24^ 

tdwn was divided. They lived in the W. part of the North 
Parish. There was an Ephraiin Beaman living in Northboro' 
prior to 1744. 

BOYNTON, EPHRAIM, Jr* and his wife, Abigail, had 
David Emery, b. Sept. 24, 1757 ; Sarah, July 22, 1759. 

BOYNTON, JOHN, pub. to, and perhaps m., Elizabeth 
jewett of Lancaster, June, 1761. She probably d. soon after^ 
for he m. Elizabeth Beaman of Lancaster, Dec. 1762. ChiL 
Jewett, b. Sept. 4, 17G3; Ejjhraim, Nov. 30, 1764; Beaman, 
Sept. 4, 1767. 

BACHELLER, JONATHAN and his wife, Elizabeth, 
from Upton, had Hannah, b. Nov. 2i), 1777. Returned to 
Upton. 

BRITTON, SAMUEL, Jr. (from Southboro') rfl. Ruth, D. 
of Stephen Parker, Oct. 8, 1768. Chil. Mary, b. June 18,- 
1769, and m. Calvin Sawyer, 1793; Levinah, April 19, 1771 ; 
Phebe, Jan. 25, 1773 ; Luther, July 11, 1775; Ruth, Aug. 28, 
1777. He deserted his wife, children and country ; went to the 
enemy, and was heard of no more. His wid. or wife m. Aaron 
Wheeler, Nov. 14, 1784. 

A John Britton of Northboro', m. Esther, D. of Edward 
Newton, April 14, 1762; and William Britton of Rutland, m. 
Lydia, D. of Samuel Whitney, Nov. 3, 1767. The three may 
have been brothers. 

BALCOM, HENRY, from Sudbury, and his wife, Keziah 
had Relief, bap. April 8, 1 770. 

" The mother ad. to chh. here, 1773," "and dis. 1774, with 
Luke Knovvlton and Sarah, his wife, John Wheeler and Jedi-* 
dah, his wife, and Hezekiah Taylor, at their request, and recom-^ 
mended to the covenanting brethren in Newfang, in order to be 
formed into a chh. state there, where the said .Mr. Taylor is pffs^ 
tor elect." Taylor, grad. H. U. 1770; d. in the minisfr)' a? 
Newfane, 1814. He is said to have come from Graflory^ 
32 



250 FAMILY REGISTEll. 

BRUCE, SIMEON m. Esther, D. of Thomas Harrington,, 
Oct. 21, 1776. Cliil. Abis;ail, bap. Jan. 4, 1778 : Esther, bap. 
Oct. 21, 1787. He removed to Templeton or vicinity, and was 
killed in Rutland, 30 years or more since, by falhns^ from his 
wagon, the wheels of which passed over him. A monument by 
the way side, once, perhaps yet, marks the spot. 

BRUCE, JONATHAN and his wife, Anna Gibson of Hop- 
kinton, came here, without children, from Northboro', a k\\ 
years before his death, which occurred, Oct. 5, 1803; his age 
was 52, His vvid. Anna, d. March 16, 1823, aged 77. 

BOND, JONATHAN, Jr. m. Lucy, D. of Robert Andrews, 
Sen., 1784 ; lived in North Parish. Dea. and Rep.; he d. Sept. 
3, 1821 ; his wife, I^ucy, Oct. 14, 1817. Chil. Joseph, (the 
only one now. 1846, living) b. Nov. 20, 1784 ; Lucy, Dec. 8, 
1786; Lucinda, May 5, 1190: Joanna Hurd, Jan. 11, 1792; 
Eli, May 28, 1794 j Eliott, June 29, 1797 ; Ruth Tyler, Nov. 
10, 1801. 

BOND, CHAUNCY, from Brookfield, m. Frances Rhoda, 
D. of Samuel Bullard, April 5, 1830, and d. April 29, 1833, 
aged 31 ; and his vvid., May 7, 1835, aged 30; both of con- 
sumption. There is not, on the town record, the birth or death 
of any one of the name of Bond, except this family, prior to 
1840. The account of the one preceding it was obtained from 
another source. 

BROCAS, JOHN (a foreigner) m. Ruth, D. of Joseph 
Hastings, April 18,1784. ChW. Martha Symms, b. May 21, 
1785, and jn. Isaiah Fairbank, Jr. of Grafton, 1802; Mary 
Kneeland, Dec. 13, 1786; John Hastings, April 30, 1789. 

BILLINGS, SYLVANUS, (s. of Thomas, of Northboro') 
with a family of adult chil., came from thai town to this, and re- 
sided here a few years, on the farm he purchased of the late Jo- 
nah Howe, Esq. The house, then standing a few rods east of 



FAMILY RECISTER. i25l 

the house, now of Elisha Davis, has long since been removed. 
Of his chil., Si/Ivanvs rn. Sarah, D. of Col. Seth Wynian, and 
removed loN. H., and CV/i/mz/ne m. Caleb Tucker, 1197. The 
family left town soon after the year 1800. 

BULLA RD, SAMUEL, with his wife, Abigail, and family, 
came here from Lancaster, about 180-2, and purchased of Aaion 
Smith the Baldwin Place, so called, and d. Sept. 1, 1830, from 
an injury received in overturning of his wagon, aged 64, Chil. 
The three first b. in Lancaster ; Amy, b. June 18, 1187, and m. 
John G. Morse of Boylston, 1813; Dolly, Feb. 13, 1794, and 
m. Joseph Morse, Jr. of West Boylston, May 29, 1822; Jason, 
July 11, 1797; Frances Rhoda, Oct. 9, 1805, and m.Chauncy 
Bond, April 5, 1830. 

BULLARD, JASON (s. of Samuel) m. Sarah, D. of Jonas 
Stone, (deceased) June 3, 1823. She d. July 10, 1844, aged 
45. Chil. (No births on record) George, Charles, John, Sarah 
Maria, Samuel, Elizabeth and Harriet Ellen. 

BOYD, BETHUEL, from Medway, about 1824, purchased 
of Dea. Braggs' heirs, the place where the Rev. John Miles now 
lives, and to whom he sold it. He afterwards bought and lived 
on the Lewis Eager farm, where he d. May 26, 1836, aged 70. 
Chil. (but perhaps not in this order) Mary, who m. BenJHmin 
Maynard, Jr., 1828 ; Susan ; John, who d, unm. Oct. 30, 1644, 
aged 45] Hannah, who m. Capt. Leander Fales, 1829; and 
Sarah. 

BLISS, JOHN m. Lydia, D. of Abijah Garfield, July 18, 
1816. Chil. Margaret Aurelia, b. April 18, 1817, and m. G. 
B. Deering of North Brookfield, June 28, 1839, and have Anna 
Maria, Samuel Edmands and Henry Bliss ; Augustine Burke, 
Oct. 8, 1818; Sarah Maria, Sept. 17, 1820, and d. 1821; 
Sarah Maria , Feb. 7, 1823, and m. Joseph W. Gary, June 13, 
1843. 



g52 FAMILY REGISTER. 

BLAKE, JASON, from Worcester, with a family, resided 
here a few years and left; while here, his D. Hannah m. Hosea 
Btoddard of Watertown, Nov. 22, 1819; and h\s s. Jason m, 
Harriet, D. of Peter Gary, Dec. 12, 1822. 

BRANCH, ELDER NICHOLAS (Baptist Clergyman) 
lived here a short period of time, in which he lost two children, 
viz: Sarah, Sept. 6, 1821, aged 2 years, and an infant in Oct, 
following. 

BARTLETT, JOTHAM, with his w., Catharine Rice, and 
a family, came here from Northboro', about 1825. He d. May 
14, 1835, aged 53. Cbil. Lucy, who m. Stephen H. Gleason 
of Rutland; Abigail, who m. Stillman Smith; Benjamin; 
William, who m. Charlotte L., D. of Isaac Harrington, (and 
have plarendon Augustus and Nancy M-^ria) Elizabeth Smith, 
b, April 23, 1816; Solomon, Aug. 10, 1820; Henry, Feb. 19, 
1823 ; Albert, Sept. 2, 1828; Harriet, Oct. 9, 1830. 

BAIRD, LEWIS (from Worcester, with a family, and living 
in the S. W. part of the town) was killed by the falling of a 
tree, Dec, 28, 1831, aged 49. He had been here but a short 
time. 

GUSHING, Rev. JOB,* b. at Hingham, July 19, 1694 ; 
grad. H. U., 1714; ord. here, first minister of Shrewsbury, Dec, 
4, 1723 ; m. Mary, D. of Rev. John Prentice f of Lancaster, 

* Third son of Matthew Gushing, Jr., who m. Jael, D. of Capt. John Jacobs of 
Hingham, Dec. 31, 1683, and d. June 23, 1715. His wife, Jael, d. Dec. 1708. 
Matthew was the second son of Matthew Gushing, who m. Nazareth Pitcher, in 
Norfolii, England, and arrived at Boston, with his wife and five children, in the 
ship The Diligent, John Martin, of Ipswich, master, on the 10th of Aug., 1638, 
and settled in Hingham, where he d. Sept. 30, I66O5 and his wid., Nazareth, Jan. 6, 
1681, aged 96. Matthew, last named, was son of Peter Gushing. 

Family Record of Thomas P. Cushing, Esq. of Boston. 

t This name is spelt Prentice and Prentiss. The latter mode is adhered toby 
many of the name ; and, among them, by the Hon. Prentiss Mellen, late Ghief 
Justice of the S. J. C., Me., a relative of Rev. John Prentice of Lancaster. There 
is reason to suppose it was originally Prentiss, and that it has undergone a change 



FAMILY REGISTER. 253 

March 16, 1727, and lived on house lot, No. 22, "granted to 
the first minister," which, with other grants made to him, con- 
tained some of the best land in the town. He d, Aug. 6, 1760, 
aged G6. His wid., Mary, d. May 24, 1798, aged 90. Chil. 
Job, b. Jan. 1, 172S; Jacob, Yeh. 17, 1730; 3ffl?-J/, Jan. 25, 
1731, and d, April 1, 1740; Bridget, Dec. 4, 1734, and d. 
April 6, 1740; John, Sept. 10, 1737, and d. April 1, 1740; 
Mary, March 24, 1741, and m. Rev. Nathan Stone of Yap- 
mouth, now Dennis, Cape Cod, Oct. 17, 1765. (Their chil. 
were Nathan, b. Aug. 1766, who had three sons, who were lost 
between Cape Cod and Boston, in 1814; Mary, Job Cashing, 
and Nathaniel, minister of Windliam, Me.) John, Aug. 22, 
1744 ; Bridget, Sept. 12, 1746, and d. June 26, 17G9. 

CUSHING, Col. JOB (s. of Rev. Job) m. Lucy, D. of 
Isaac Stone of Framingham, Feb. 20, 1752 ; both admitted to 
chh. here, 1753; she d. March 25, 1790, aged 64. Chil. 
Lydia, b. Feb. 12, 1753, and m. Nathaniel Stearns of Paxton, 
Dec. 15, 1774, and next, Jonas Lamb, and d. in Newfane, 1835, 
aged 82; Lucy, Jan. 5, 1755, and m. Jonas Stone, then of 
Charlton, (now, 1847, of this town) 1781 ; Alice, Feb. 23, 
J757, and m. Winslow Brigham of Northboro', Oct. 25, 1781 ; 
Emery, Sept. 13, 1759, and d. July 21, 1775; Elmer, June 27, 
1762; Job, March 1, 1765; Bridget, May 16, 1769, and m. 
Josiah Stone, 1791. He next m. Sarah, wid. of Col. Goulding 
of Grafton, May 17, 1792, and d. April 16, ISOS, aged 80. 



by lopping off the first syllable o^ apprentice ; a clipping not uncommon in speaking 
that word at the present day. Ancient records show, that our ancestors spelt other 
men's names, if not their own, by the rule of pronunciation. Hence, names have 
multiplied by variation, and tlie wants of the community are likely to be supplied 
in that way for time to come, to distinguish tlio rapidly increasing familiea that are 
spreading over the land. 

The wife of the Rev. John Prentice of Lancaster was Mary, wid. of the Rev. 
John Gardner, his predecessor in the ministry, in Lancaster, who was shot, in the 
night of the i6th October, 1704, being mistaken for one of the Indian enemy, and 
d. at the age of 30. I have said predecessor, for although he had not been ordained, 
he had preached there, says Whitney, several years, and was, at the time of hit) 
;ieath, the pastor elept. 



254 FAMILY REGISTER. 

CUSHING, ELMER (s. of Col. Job) m. Lvdia, D. of Jo- 
seph Hastings, June 5, 1783. Chil. John Prentiss, b. Oct. 23, 
1783; Artemas, Jan. 31, 1786. He removed, with his family, 
to Canada, and d. in Stanstead. 

GUSHING, JOB, Jr. (s. of Col. Job) m. Sarah, D. of Col. 
Asa Rice, Sept. 2, 1790. Chil. Lucy, b. Jan. 14, 1791 ; Hez- 
eklah Rice, May 13, 1792; Elizabeth, March 18, 1794; 
jG/ner?/, Nov. 2 1 , 1796. He also removed to Canada with his 
family, and d. in Montreal, Jan. 2, 1821, aged 56. 

GUSHING, Rev. JACOB (s. of Rev. Job) grad. H. U., 
1748; ord. Minister of the Gospel in Waltham, 1752; D. D., 
H. U., 1807; m. Anna, D. of Rev. Wareham Williams of 
Wahham, Nov. 8, 1753, and d. there, Jan. 1809, aged 79. 
Chil. Wareham, b. 1754, and d. in Waltham, 1806; Williams, 
1755; Prentiss, 1757, and d. at Demarara; Anna, 1759; Ab- 
igail, 1761, and m. Col. Russell of Stow; Leonard, 17G3, and 
d. young; Bridget, 1770, and d. unm., 1846; Leonard. 

GUSHING, Rev. JOHN (s. of Rev. Job) grad. H. U., 1764 ; 
ord. Minister of the Gospel in Ashburnham, Nov. 2, 1768; 
D. D., H. U., 1822, m. Sarah, D. of Rev. Ebenezer Parkman 
of Westboro', Sept. 28, 1769, and d. April 27, 1823, aged 79. 
His wid., Sarah, d. March 12, 1825, aged 82. Chil. John, b. 
Au"-. 17, 1771, and m. Julia Keith of Bridgewater, and d. in 
Boston, May 17, 1806 ; George Angustns, 1773, and m. 
Hannah B. Keith, and d., Aug. 8, 1810; Henry, 1774, and d., 
1839; Mary, 1782, and m. Elisha Coolidge, and next, Rev. 
Asa Rand ; Thomas Parkman, Oct. 7, 17S7, and m. Sarah B. 
Si'^ourney, 1802; she d. 1825; he next m. Martha Ann Sig- 
ourney, D. of Hon. John Cargill of Virginia, 1831. She d. in 
Boston, 1840. He next m. Sarah Thompson, D. of Rev. 
Francis Wayland of Saratoga Springs, N. Y. ; lives in Boston, 
and furnished much of this information respecting his uncle Ja- 
cob's family, his father's, and his own. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 255 

CHILD, DAVID (chli. 1727; perhaps one of " the heirs 
of Diiniel Child," * who were on house lot, No. 32, in 1729) 
m. Grace Brown of Watertown, Oct. 26, 1737. Chil. Bulah, 
b. June 4, 1739, and ni. Samuel Lee of Rutland, Feb. 27, 1766 ; 
Susanna, June 1, 1741 ; David Jan. 30, 174.5. His next wife 
was IVIehitable Richardson of Worcester, ni. Nov. 29, 1759. 
Chil. Zachariah, b. Nov. 19, 17G3, and m. Lydia Bigelow of 
Worcester, 1784 ; Amos, Aug. 27, 17G5. 

CHESNUT, WILLIAM m. Huldah, D. of Elisha Maynard, 
Nov. 4, 1751. Child, Mary, b. Jan. 16, 1755. His wid. m. 
Ephraim Allen of Rutland, July 12, 1757. 

CROSBY, JOHN, from Billerica ; one of the founders of 
the chh. here in 1723, (s. of Samuel, and g. s. of Simon and 
Anna, who were in Cambridge in 1637, and were among the 
first settlers of Billerica, about 1653) m. Bathsheba Newton, in 
Marlboro', Jan. 23, 1721. Lived on house lot, No. 13, in 1729, 
and d. here, Dec. 5, 1738, aged 43, and 8 mos. They had no 
children. Perhaps it was his wid., Bathsheba, who m. Jonathan 
Foster, Aug. 2, 1741 . 

CROSBY, SAMUEL, also from Billerica, (bro. of John) 
and one of the founders of this chh. ; m. Dorothy Brown of 
Billerica, 1729, and lived on house lot, No. 8, in 1729; bed. 
Jan. 23, 1749, aged 50. Chil. Samuel, b. Feb. 2, 1732; *Sa- 
rah, April 21, 1734, and m. Robert Cook of Westboro', Feb. 
6, 1750; Jabez, b. Feb. 7, 1736 ; (and went to Brook field, and 
there had Jabez; Oliver, afterwards Col. and Senator; and 
Amos) Elisha, b. Jan. 10, 1738; Silas, Dec. 9, 1740, and m. 
Rebecca Forbes of Westboro', July 8, 1763, and went to Wil- 
mington, Vt., and d. since 1820; Abigail, b. Dec. 22, 1742; 
Aaron, b. Nov. 27, 1744; Hannah, Aug. 29, 1747, and m. 
Spring of Uxbridge, and next, Col. Fletcher of North- 
bridge. Dorothy, wid. of Samuel Crosby, ni. Jonathan Wood 

*Son of John, of Watertown. 



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of Upton, and removed to Spencer, and d. there, 1781, and 
Jonathan Wood in 1796, aged 94. 

CROSBY, Dr. SAMUEL (s. of Samuel) m. Azubah, D. 
of James Howe of Westboro', 1753; chh. 1754; Surgeon in 
the Army of the Revolution, Magistrate, &.c. ; lived in S. E. 
part of the town, on " Boston Hill." Chil. Sarah, b. Sept. 24, 
1754, and m. Stephen Bailey of Bolton, Feb. 8, 1779, and d. 
there, 1812, aged 58; Samuel, Sept. 12, 1756, grad. H. U., 
1777 ; chh. 1779 ; setded in Charlestown, N. H., and d. 1802; 
Simon, Sept. 13, 1758, and to. ; had a family in Winchendon ; 
removed to Cambridge, N. Y., and d. there, 1818; Dorothy, 
b. Aug. 26, 1760, and m. Dr. Israel Whiton of Winchendon, 
Oct. 28, 1784, and d., his wid. in Antrim, N. H., 1826 ; * 
John, b. Oct. 1, 1762, and d. infant; Eusebia, Aug. 23, 1763, 
and m. Dr. Royal Humphrey of Athol, and d. 1833 ; Otis, b. 
Jau. 15, 1766; grad. D. C, 1791 ; invited to a pastoral charge 
at New Gloucester, Me., but d. before ordination, and unm., 
1795; John, b. Oct. 18, 1767, and setded in Montpelier, Vt., 
and d. there about 1S22 ; Arethusa, hap. April 25, 1773, and 
m. Thomas Wilder of Winchendon, removed to Dixmont, Me., 
and d. there, 1841 ; Sophia, bap. July 9, 1775, and m. Daniel 
Spooner of Hardand, Vt., and d. about 1830. 

Dr. Crosby removed from this town to Winchendon in 1781 ; 
thence, in 1811, to Montpelier, Vt., and d. there, Dec. 11, 1814, 
aged 83; his wid., Azubah, d. there, Oct. 14, 1818, aged 85. 

CROSBY, ELISHA (s. of Samuel, Sen.) m. Tabitha Har- 
rington of Worcester, and removed to Petersham ; returned here 
about 1779, and lived on the place that his brother. Dr. Samuel 
Crosby, left ; where he and his wife d. of small pox, 1792 ; his 
age 54. ChW. I^rederick, b. April 8, 1764; Thomas, Sept., 
1765, and went to New London, thence to Lyme, Ct., where he 



* Where her son, the Rev. John M. Vl^hiton, is settled in the ministry ; to whom, 
and to Elisha Crosby of Ashburnham, I am indebted for some particulars of the 
Crosby family after they removed from this town. 



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d., leavini; a fiunily ; Liirij, h. July 28, 1767, and m. IMoses 
Cooliclge of Berlin, 1795, and d. there, 1844, aged 77 ; iVanj, 
Aug. 10, 1769, and m. Moses Pollard of Ik^rlln, 1793, and re- 
moved to Albany; Leonard, July 10, 1771, and ni. twice, ami 
(1. at his son's, in the N. part of Ohio; fValkr, b. Sept. 30, 
1773; Gardner, Aug. 28, 1775, and m., and lived in Boston u 
few years, and d. at the South ; Fanny, Aug. 3, 1779, and ni., 
and d. in Woodstock, Vt. ; Henrietta, Sept. 6, 1781, and in. 
Joseph Anthony of Sherburne, Vt. 

CROSBY, AARON, (s. of Samuel, Sen.) chh. 1704-; 
grad. H. U., 1770, m. Mary Taylor of Grafton, Aug. 22, 1771. 
He was a missionary to the Indians, and afterwards settled in the 
ministry, in Dummcrston, Vt., where he d., 1824, aged SO. 

CROSBY, FREDERICK (s. of Elisha) m. Martha, D. o( 
John Maynard, March 31, 1785. Ciiil. Henry, b. 1785, gracL 
D. C. 1811, is living in Maryland; John^ b. 1787, and lives in 
VVjnchendon, to which place the parents removed from here, in 
1790; eleven other children were h. to them after they left 
here, and, in 1819, the tliirteen were all livini^ ; their fafiier, 
Frederic Crosby, removed to Asliburnham in 170G, and d. there, 
in 1840, aged 76. 

CROSBY, DAVID (sup, from Billerica) and his w. Saralu 
lived in the N. Parish. The births of their chil. are not, any of 
them, on the town record; they were bap. here, as follows: 
Hannah, Jan. 7, 1733, and sup. m. Adonijah Rice of VVesi- 
boro', July 3, 1751 ; Solomon, Dec. 29, 1734 ; Persis, Nov. 
14, 1736, and m. Daniel Forbush, Jr. of Westboro', Dec. 31 
1759; Mary, March 4, 1739; John, March 8, 1741 ; Bulah, 
Nov. 7, 174-2; Relief, April 27, 174(5; Prudence, Aug. 17, 
1748; Rachel, Sept. 15, 1751. Hannah, the first of these 
chil., was bap., says the chh. record, •' by virtue of her (the 
mother) having enjoyed that privilege at Billerica, where she 
lived." His wife, Sarah, was admitted to the chh. here in 1734, 
and he, in 1741 ; and, in J743, he was dismissed to tlie chh. in 
die N. Parish. 

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258 FAMILY REGISTER. 

CROSBY, WALTER (s. of Elisha) settled in Boston; -v.. 
Elizab O .! of Kingston, Oct. 1, 1797. She d. 1825. and 
he removed to Ct. Chil. ILnrietta, who m. Nathaniel Ewer; 
Elizabeth, who m. Lewis Gardner ; Walter and Adalin . t\Mns ; 
the first m. Mary P. Watson of Dover, A. H. ; i^elvidera, who 
m. Wtn. C. Munroe ; Emeline and Caroline, twins; the former 
ni. Thomas Trueman ; Otis. 

CROSBY, PHILIP and his wife, Esther Brown, m. here, 
1793, were both from Rehoboth ; she d. Feb. 14, 1802, aged 
29. Chil. Isaiah, b. June 17, 1795; Samuel, Sept. 17, 1797, 
and d. April 2, 1820; Ransom, Aug. 4, 1799; Esther Brown, 
Feb. 8, 1802, and d. 1803. He next m. Grace, D. of Jasper 
Stone, Nov. 27, 1808, and d. Oct. 12, 1817, aged 49. His 
wid., Grace, d. Aug. 6, 1828, aged 58. Chil. Philip, bap. Oct. 
19, 1806, and m. Elvira, D. of Stephen Stearns, 1825; Asa 
St07ie, bap. Oct, 2, 1814; Grace Elizabeth, bap. Nov. 17, 
1816. 

CROSBY, ZACHEUS (bro. of Philip) and his wife, Mary, 
were from Northboro'. Chil. Ariel, b. April 14, 1803; Isaac, 
March 11, 1805; Caleb, April 23, 1807; HezeUah Higgins, 
Sept. 2, 1809; all at Northboro', and recorded here. He lived 
in town bin a few years, and removed about 1820. 

CROSBY, ISAIAH (s. of Philip) m. Elizabeth Sawyer of 
Bolton, 1823. Chil. Samuel Brown, b. Sept. 25, 1824; Albert 
Thomas, Dec. 27, 1826; Mary Elizabeth, Dec. 4, 1831; 
George Otis, Dec. 3, 1S31. 

CUTTING, JONAS and his wife, Dinah, perhaps from 
Lancaster, lived, sup. in the North Parish. Chil. Salmon, bap. 
July 13, 1735, "on account of his [the father] having owned 
the covenant in another chh." Hence, it may be supposed he 
came here with a family of children ; some of them are, proba- 
bly, those who are hereafter named.) Eliphalet, b. July 12, 
1738, and m. Mary Hayden, March 24, 1760. Dinah Cutting, 
probably his D. or wid., m. Micah Pratt, May 18, ^752. 



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CUTTING, JONATHAN and his wife, Sarah, had Jona- 
than, b. Dec. 19, 1716; Abigail, July 20, 1748, sup. ni. John 
Willington, 1782; Sarah, May 5, 1750; John, April 1, 1753; 
Silas, Dec. 11, 1755 ; Ebenezer, June 19, 1759, and m. Eliza- 
beth Dunton of Sturbridgc, 1784; Alpheus, May 29, 1767. 

CUTTING, ZACHARIAH and his wife, Elizabeth, had 
Lydia, b. Oct. 15, 1744, and Jonas, June 1, 1746. 

CUTTING, JOSIAH and his wife, Orpah, had Persis, b. 
Feb. 11, 1753, and m. David Bennett, 1773, and Philip Brans- 
comb in 1779; a D. [record torn] June 28, 1754; Ephraim, 
July 1, 1757; a s., April 6, 1759, and another D., Prudence 
Cutting, m. Isaac Smith of Westmoreland, 17 1 3. 

CUTTING, FRANCIS and his wife. Thankful Warren, m. 
May 11, 1750; had Jonas, b. Jan. 14, 1751 ; Zebulon,Dec. 
1, 1752, and Sarah, Dec. 16, 1753. 

CUTTING, DAVID m. Mary Keyes, Nov. 10, 1767. 
Chil, David, b. June 20, 1768; Hannah, June 9, 1770; Mary, 
May 10, 1773; Thaniel, July 16, 1774. 

CUTTING, JOSIAH m. Persis, D. of Joseph Glazier, 
1769. Chil. Joel,h. May 5, 1770; Sarah and Susanna, Jan. 
16, 1773; the latter m. Peter Gary, 1814; Eunice, Feb. 2, 
1775; Mary, Aug. 27, 1777; Persis, Jan. 24, 1780; and 
John, March 11, 1782. 

CUTTING, SILAS (s. of Jonathan) m. Lucy Cutting, 
1779. Chil. Abigail, b. June 19, 1780, and John, Oct. 6, 
1781. 

Most, if not all, of the Cutting families lived in the N. Parish. 
Their ancestors were early settlers in Watertown. 



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CUTLER, EBENEZER * m. Abigail Felch of Reading, 
April 27, 1726. He was then of Shrewsbury; and, in 1729, 
was living on house lot, No. 6. Chil. Ebentzcr, b. Aug. 23, 
1729, and m. Miriam Bennett, Nov. 28, 1764 ; .dbigail, IMay 
23, 17:31; Elizabeth, Oct. 7, 1732; Thomas, 1735, and d.- 
1736; Jonathan. JMay 1, 1736 ; David, Sept. 7, 1737; 31oses, 
Feb. 16, 1739 ; Many, April 25, 1740. Ebenezer Cutler, with 
liis farm, was set off to Giaflon in 1741. He is sup. to have m^ 
Abi2,ail Whitney, a widow, of Grafton, April 19, 1779. 

CUTLER, JOHN and his wife, Susanna, were from Lex- 
ington about 1753. Chil. Joh/i,h. Aug. 25, 1750; Joscjjh, 
May 13, 1752; both at Lexington; Closes, b. here. May 28, 
1754. and d. Oct. 6, 1756; Benjamin, June 8, 1756; Susanna, 
Jan. 5. 1759 ; Davicl, bap. Oct. 30, 176:2 ; Rachel, bap. March 
17, 1765 ; Sarah, bap. Feb. 8, 1767. 

CUTLER. JONATHAN (s. of Ebenezer) m. Deliverance 
Hathorn, in Marlboro', March 1, 1764, and lived in the N. part 
of the town, where he d. Aug. 28, 1809, aged 73 ; and his wid. 
Deliverance, Oct. 16, 1818, aged 83. Chil. Nathaniel, b. 
April 2, 1765, and d. Oct. 7, 1833; Elizabeth, April 21, 1767, 
and d. unm. June 17, 1830; Thomas, Aug. 6, 1769; Sarah, 
Sept. 30, 1771, and m. Patrick Dclany, 1795; Lydia, Jan. 4, 
1774; Joel, Sept. 28, 1776; Mary, Dec. 15, 1780. 

CUTLER, JOEL (s. of Jonathan) m. !\Iary Keith of 
Easton, 1802. Chil. Caroline, b. Oct. 16, 1802; Sidney, Jan. 
31, 1804; Gilbert, June 2, 1805; William, Jan. 15, 1807; 
Amelia, Jan. 20, 1809; Mary Ann, Oct. 22, 1811; Asai^h, 
Nov. 6, IS) 2. He, with his family, removed to Vt. 



* Timotliy Cutler, with a f;imil3-, w;is in CIrarlestovvn, 1671. 
JSutlianiel Cutler, with a family, was there, KJTS. 
John Cutler m. Martha Wiswall, in Charlestown, 23, 2, 1675. 
James Cutler, and his wife, Lydia, in Cambridge, IGGO", and had a large family of 
children. 



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CUTLER, EBENEZER and his uile, I\lilly 
from (Jrafion, had Aaron Gooihdc, h. Sept. 21, IS26 ; Oliver 
BlaJi-cBec. 13, 1827; Ann Jane, March :23, 1830; Albert 
Josiah, Oct. 24, 1835; Eleanor, Feb. 17, 1810. 

CUTLER, ISAAC from Grafton, m. Ruth, I), of Paul 
Knowlton, April 8, 18-23, and d. 31urch 22, 1839, aged 49. 

CRAWFORD. VVlLLIAiM and his wife, Margaret, said to 
have come from Ireland, liad John, h. May 10, 1126; Eliza- 
beth, Feb. 8, 1728; fVilliain, Aug. 12, 1730 ; Margaret, June 

1, 1734, and m. Jonathan Gale, Maich 10, 1757; Sarah, Feb. 

2, 1737; liobert, Feb. 3, 1740 ; Joseph, Aug. 2, 1742 ; David, 
Feb. 8, 1745. The parents were admitted to chh. here in 1738. 
The mother d. Jan. 20, 1745 ; and, in 1748, the father was dis- 
missed, Sic, to the church in ^Vorcester. •• 

CRAWFORD, W1LLL\M, Jr. (s. of AVilliam) m. I\lary 
Dinsmoreof Lancaster, Feb. 2G. 1758. Disarmed, (fcc. on account 
of his toryism, in 1775. Chil. John, b. Sept. 17, 1758, and d. 
1760; a s., (rec. torn) April 11, 1760; Eleanor, April 14, 
17G2, sup. m. Joseph Peirce. 1782; Jolni, Sept. 13, 1764, af- 
terwards Col. John, who settled and d. in Northboro'; James, 
Oct. 27, 1766; Jane. April 7, 17GS; Ijevi, Sept. 17, 1110; 
Lewis, Feb. 7, 1175. 

CRAAVFORD, JOHx^f and his wife, Elizabeth, had Marga- 
ret, b. Feb. 12, 1737, and John, May 25, 1739. The father m. 
Margaret Henderson of 1 Lancaster, in 1743, and, in 1748, was 
living near '• Rocky Pond." 

CALHOONE, SAMUEL and his wife, whose name no 
where appears of record, had Alexander, bap. at his house, Oct. 
30. 1726, on her account ; the child being dangerously sick. — 
Many instances of this kind appear on the chh. records. Sam- 



262 FAMILY REGISTER. 

ucl, bap. Nov. 27, 1726; James, bap. July 18, 1731; Mary. 
bap. June 17, 1736, removed to Petersham. 

Jane Calhoone of this town m. John Shaw of Hassanamisco, 
(Grafton) June 5, 1735. This name is Cahoone, in the town, 
and Calhoone in the chh. records. 

CROUTCH, WILLIAM, living on house lot, No. 5, in 
1729, and his wife, Hannah, had Aaron, b. Jan. 31, 1732; 
Fhebe, May 19, 1734; Phineas, bap. Nov. 23, 1735. 

Thomas Croutch, perhaps a brother of William, m. Sarah 
Grover, March 26, 1734 ; both called of Shrewsbury, and, says 
Rev. Mr. Cushing's records, m. " gratis." 

CHOAT, STEPHEN m. Bathsheba Newton, March 27, 
1754. Chil. Po/imce, b. Jan. 16, 1755; ffiUiam, Feb. \5, 
1757 ; Bathsheba, May 27, 1761, and Rebecca, Nov. 20, 1763. 
A family by the name of Choate was in Ipswich as early as 
1650. 

CLUES, THOMAS (the name does not appear on record, 
except as giving name to a road in the S. part of the town on 
which he lived) had sons Thomas and Hiram. 

GROSSMAN, JAMES, Jr. m. Susannah Farrar, 1766, both 
of Shrewsbury. 

GARY, JOSIAH and his wife, Bulah Warren, m. Dec. 27, 
1765, were both from Weston. Chil., on record here, Silas, 
b. Nov. 6, 1776; Joel, bap. May 2, 1779; Lends, bap. Oct. 7, 
1781 ; Susannah, bap. Oct. 24, 1784; Abigail, bap. Sept. 16, 

1787. 

GARY, PETER, (bro. of Josiah) a soldier of the Revo.; 
taken prisoner at the " Cedars," thence to Quebec, exchanged at 
Halifax, and arrived at Boston, and m. Bulah, D. of Elnathan 
Pratt. Chil. (perhaps not in this order ; not one of their births 
was on record in 1829) Ebenezer ; Nathaniel; John; Thad 



FAMILY REGISTER. 263 

deiis, who m. Sarali, D. of Samuel Smith, Sept. 25, 1808, ;inri 
settled in Providence, R. 1. ; Henry; Joseph Frntt; Ii<li(J, 
who m. Joseph J. Pcirks, 1813; Uiirrict, who m. Jason Blake, 
Jr., Dec. 12, 132-2. Peter Gary m. Susaniudi, 1). of Josiali 
Cutting of Boylston, Feb. 17, 1814, and d. April 23, 1832, 
aged 72. 

GARY, HENRY (s. of Peter) m. Lucretia, D. of Adam 
Harrington, 1811. Ghil. AcJata Harrington, b. Feb. 21, 1812, 
and ni. Mehitable, D. of Salmon Sniitl) ; Theodore Chauncijf 
Aug. 23, 1813, and m. iMaria W. Freeman, of R. I. She d. 
Jan. 28, 1842, aged 21. Isaac Harrington, May 3, 1325. 

GARY, JOSEPH P. (s. of Peter) m. Abigail, D. of Wil- 
liam Sawver, March 9, 1817. She d. Nov. 15, 1328, aged 30. 
Ghil. John Flint, b. June 16, 1817; Joseph TVilliam, J-^n. 22, 
1819, and m. Sarah Maria, D. of John Bliss; Abigail Andrews, 
Oct. 29, 1820; Caroline Elizabeth, June 30, 1822; Harriet 
Augusta, May 19, 1821 ; Lucy Ann, July IS, 1826; Henry, 
Oct. 9, 1823. He next m. Harriet Sawyer, (sister of Abigail, 
his late wife) 1829. Ghil. George Edward, b. Sept. 30, 1329; 
Nancy Stiles, Sept. 30, 1831; Susan M, Aug. 24, 1833; 
Caroline E., Oct. 29, 1838; Albert Waters, July 2, 1840; 
Andrew Walter, Feb. 16, 1844. 

CURTIS, JOSEPH, from Worcester, (a descendant of 
Ephraim Curtis, who was the first settler there, and was from 
Sudbury) m. Eleoner, D. of Dr. Edward Flint, Aug. I, 1774. 
Ghil. Eleoner, b. Dec. 15, 1774; Catharine, Aug. 23, 1776, 
and d. 1777 ; William, Jan. 23, 1779; Mary, July 23, 1781 ; 
Catharine, Sept. 19, 1783. He removed to Leicester about 
1784 ; where he had Maria and Sarah, both bap. iiere, Oct. 31, 
1790, and Austin, who was bap. here, Feb. 26, 1792. Of 
these, Maria m. Benjamin Maynard, Jr., Nov. 3, 1308. 

GLOYES, JOSEPH, from Framingham, m. Eunice, D. of 
Gideon Howe, Sept. 24, 1797. Ghil. Elijah, b. Dec. 8, 1797 ; 



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Damaria Howe. Jan. 19, 1799, She was admitted to the chli. 
here, Nov. 24, 1799, and on the first day of Dec. next follow- 
in^r, the before named chil. were bap. here, being called the chil. 
of the widow Eunice Cloyes. There is no record here of whe 
or where he d. 

CHAPL^', PERRY, from Worcester, m. Mary, D. of Capt. 
Levi Pease, Nov. 1, 1807. Child, Charles Perry, b. July 2, 
1803. He returned to AV'orcesier, \\here she d. Sept. 2, 18U) 
aged 37 ; but buried here with her brother, Levi, on the same 
day, and both in one grave. 

CUMMINGS, JOHN B. and his wife, who was Martha 
Knowlton of Hamilton, came here from Topsfield in 1807. 
(His father was Thomas, of Topsfield, and his g. f:uher, Capt. 
Joseph, of Ipswich, where, in 163S, was Isaac, and the name 
then spelt Comings.) Chil. Joseph, b. at Topsfield, Feb. 19, 
1S06; Susanna Fellows, Dec. 4, 1807; Rebecca Balch, Ji\\y 
10, 1809; Martha Knowlton, July 24, 1811 ; George, Oct. 31, 
1814; Caroline Board/nan, Jan. 30, 1817; John, Sept. 29, 
1819; Jonas, Dec. 21, 18-25, 

CUMMINGS, SAMUEL, whose wife was Sarah, buried a 
child in July, 1813, aged 2 years; and two others in May, 1816, 
the eldest aged 3 years; and liad Joseph, b. May 8, 1S17. His 
wife, Sarah, d. Nov. 14, 1817, aged 29. He left town soon 
after. 

CHICKERING, OLIVER, from Rutland, m. Sarah, D. of 
Jedediah Tucker, Jr., April 28, 1799, and d. 1846, aged 74. 
Chil. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 11, 1799, and m. in Worcester; Mary., 

Feb. 20, 1801 ; Silas, Nov. 13, 1802, and m. Champney 

of Southboro': Horace, Feb. 5, 1804 ; CromweU, Oct. 4, 1805 ; 
Johti, July 16, 1808; Lucy, March 4, 1811; Daniel, May 4, 
1813 ; Obed, July 18, 1815, and m. Hannah, D. of Ezra Phil- 
lips; Charles, June 10, IS IS. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 265 

DAVENPORT, WILLIAM, from BriHgewater, (s. of Rich- 
ard and g. s. of Richard, " Commander," &ic.*) wliose wife, 
says Mitchell, in his history of Bridgewater, was " Sarah Rich- 
ards, whon) he m. in 17:30, and had Abigail, b. 1730; Anna, 
1732 ; and Elizabeth, 1735," had William b. June 23, 1737 ; 
ISarah, Oct. 1, 1739, the births of the two last are all that appear 
on the records of this town. 

DAVENPORT, NATHANIEL (brother of William) m. 
Lucy Wyman, 1729; she was ad. to chh. Sept. 1730, and d. 
Oct. 23, 1730. CUM, Lucy, b Oct. 7, 1730. His second 
wife was Elizabeth. They had Nathaniel, who d. May 9, 
1742; John, b. Dec. 7, 1733, and d. Jan. 6, 1753; Elizabeth, 



• '' Rev. John Davenport from Coventry, Fnpland.b. 1597. came to N. E., June 26, 
1637, and, in 1658. settled in New Haven. Removed to Boston, and was installed 
successor o( Rev. John Wilson. Dec. 9. IG38. and d. March, lG7fl, aged 73 — Farmer. 

" Richard Davenport, (according to Farmer) b. ICOC, arrived in Salem, with Gov. 
Endicot, in Sept. 1G23; was Rep. from Salem, in 1637, and resided there until 
16+2; he vvas afterwards commander of Castle Island in Boston Harbor, many 
years, and was killed (there) b_v lightning, July 15, 1665, aged 59." Some have 
supposed, that the Rev John Davenport was the ancestor of those of that name 
who settled in Shrewsbury, and that Richard, their father, was his son ; both suppo- 
sitions are erroneous. 

In 1659, the Oeat and General Court granted to him (Richard) 650 acres of land 
within the limits of what was afterwards granted, in 1717, to the proprietors of 
Shrewsbury, as a township; and lies partly in Boylston and partly in West Boyl- 
ston, where, and on some part of which, his descendants now live. It was called 
by the pro|irietors, in their earliest records, " The Davenport Farm." Perhaps 
his family was in Weynioiith at the time of his death. 

"Richard Davenport (?ays Mitchell, in his History of Bridgewater) removed 
from Weymouth to Bridgewater about the year 1700, and that he appears to have 
been at Shrewsbury in 1731." He was, beyond doubt, the son of Richard, the 
"Commander;" according to Mttchdl, his children were William, Abigail, JVa- 
Ihaniel and Elizabeth. If the father were here in 1731, it was probably wiih a view 
to the future settlement of his sons ; two of whom, William and Nathaniel, rame 
here from Uridaewater, in 1736 and settled on the l.nnd granted to his father, in 
1659. There is nothing on the town record to show that the faihei wa- here at ail, 
but by the chh. records he u as here in 1736 ; in that year, although it does noi appear 
that he was a member of or in covenant with the church here, he entered a com- 
plaint against one of the brethren. That is all the evidence lean find on record 
here that he ever resided in this town. He appears to have had no wife here, nor 
are any of his children, designated as such, named on the town rectrd. His sons 
here had families at that time, and probably he, then advanced in life, spent the 
remainder of his days with them. 

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266 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Nov. 7, 1736, and m. Thomas Willard of Lancaster, Jan. 11, 
1759 ; Elijah, May 4, 1741, and d. Sept. 27, 1745 ; Nathaniel, 
Dec. 22, 1743, and d. Sept. 23, 1745; Mattheiv, April 23, 
1745, and m. Patience Goodenovv, 1778 ; Catharine, Aug. 12, 
1747, and m. Timothy Whitney, Dec. 8, 1768; Mary, May 6, 
1749, and m. Jonas Goodenow, of Princeton, Jan. 29, 1767 ; 
Nathaniel, Aug. 30, 1751. He next m. Tamar Moore, os 
Morse, of Princeton, Feb. 23, 1764 ; Moore in the marriage, 
and Morse in the pubhshment, record. Chil. Tamar, b. Nov. 
22, 1764; Dorcas, June 5, 1766; John, Feb. 25, 1773. 

- DAVENPORT, SAMUEL was admitted to the chh. here 
in 1735 ; what connection, if any, of Richard, does not appear j 
nor is there any thing further on the records here respecting him. 

DRURY, THOMAS,* the name of whose wife is unknown, 
had Sarah, bap. here, June 24, 1724 ; Abigail, bap. April 24, 
1726; Rachel, bap. Oct. 20, 1728; Thanliful, bap. Jan. 10, 
1731. 

Thomas Drury, who m. Huldah, D. of Eleazer Taylor, April 
29, 1755, and removed to Narraganset, No. 6, now Templeton, 
was probably son of the above Thomas, and b. before his 
parents came here, and of whom nothing more appears on 
record. 

DRURY, JOHN (perhaps a brother of Thomas) and Anna 
Gleason, both of Framingham, were m. Nov. 22, 1733; and 
were admitted to the chh. here from that in Natick in 1758. It 
is said, he had chil. John, and Martha, and perhaps others, and 
b. before their parents came here. Martha Drury, D. sup. of 
John, d. here, Oct. 13, 1775, aged 27. 



•John Drury, Mass., freeman in 1654, 1 sappose to have been father of Thomas 
Drury, who m. Rachel Rice, in Sudbury, Dec. 15, 1687, and there had Caleb, b. 
Oct. 5, 1688, and Thomas, above mentioned, Aug. 29, 1690, by Ruth a second wife. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 267 

DRURY, DANIEL, (brother, sup. of John) of Framing- 
liam, m. Sarah Flagg of Sudbury, July 14, 1729, and soon after 
settled in this town ; she was admitted to the chh. here from that 
in Sudbury in 1732, and d. Nov. 29, 1775, aged 70. He be- 
came a member of the chh. here in 1742. Chil. Caleb, h. 
1730; Isaac, Dec. 25, 1731 ; Ebcnezer, bap. Feb. 17, 1733; 
Sibbillah, b. April 17, 173G, and m. Gershom Drury, in 17G0; 
Sarah and jlnn, b. Nov. 23, 1738, and both d. in 1740; Daniel, 
bap. Aug. 10, 1740, and m. Sarah Knowlton, D. sup. of Abra- 
ham, May 28, 1765; Abigail, b. Feb. 8, 1743, and m. Daniel 
Warren, Jr. of Westboro', May 18, 1775. Daniel Drury was 
pub. to the wid. Elizabeth Chamberlain of Holliston, in May^ 
1776, and m. the wid. Mary Stacey of Northboro', Sept. 5, 
1776. He d. June 5, 1786, and his wid. Mary, Dec. 7, 1791 ; 
their ages unknown. A Martha Drury ra. Reuben Goss of 
Westboro', Sept. 10, 1764. 

DRURY, CALEB (s. of Daniel) m. Sarah Goodale, D. 
sup. of Edward, Dec. 7, 1756 ; both ad. to chh. 1794; he d. 
Dec. 20, 1804, aged 73; and his wid., Sarah, Jan. 21, 1806, 
aged 70. Chil. Caleb, b. June 8, 1757 ; Ann, July 1, 1759; 
Joel, March 9, 1763; Lucy, June 17, 1765, and sup. m. Wil- 
liam Drury in 1782 ; Abijah. Feb. 15, 1769 ; Lewis, Nov. 30, 
1772; Anna, Feb. 10, 1775, and m. Daniel Bannister of 
Boylston, in 1798. 

DRURY, ISAAC (s. of Daniel) m. Lois Muzzy, Dec. 5, 
1754, and d. May 12, 1810, aged 79; his wife, Lois, d. Feb. 
4, 1785, aged 49; they became chh. members here in 1783. 
They had no chil. 

DRURY, EBENEZER (s. of Daniel) m. Hannah, D. of 
Ehenezer Keyes, Oct. 21,1761. They became members of 
this chh. in 1776. Child, Esther, b. Nov. 25, 1762. The 
parents removed to Temple, N. H., where they had Ebenezer, 
and perhaps others. In 1763, he, called of Temple, N. H., m. 
Miriam, D. of Enos Goodale, Dec. 1. Chil. bap. here, Abd, 



258 FAMILY REGISTER. 

May 24, 1772; Hannah, April 10, 1774, and Lois, Dec. 8, 
1776. He removed to Pittsford, Vi., and was a niag,isuale 
there. 

DRURY, JOHN, Jr. (s. of John) whose wife was Martha 
Buckiiiinster, was from Framin2,ham. Chil. Joanna, b. July 9, 
1700, and m. Solo non Jones of CliarUon, May 2, 1782 ; Caro- 
line, March 10, I7(;4; Lawson,Vvh.l, 1110; Martha, b^p. 
April 4, 1773; Buckminster, h. Nov. 16, 1775; John, Nov. 
15, 1779. it is said he was an officer in the army of the Kevo., 
and that he removed to Franconia, N. H. 

Abigail, wife of John Driu'y, was admitted to the chh. here in 
1772, from that in Concord. 1 am unable to reconcile this with 
any records here relating to the Drnry liimihcs. 

DRURY, WILLIAM (perhaps a brother of John Jr.) m. 
Elizabeth Drury in 1768, and l/oth dn n called of Shrewsbury. 
He may have been the same who next follows, then havinii a 
second wife; or the following may have been a son of the pre- 
ceding, by a former wife. 

DRURY, WILLIAM m. Lucy Drury, D. sup. of Caleb, 
April 18, 1782. Chil. Ephraim, b. June 3, 1783; and Lvke, 
Oct. 11, 1785. This family probably removed to Grafion. 

DRURY, GERSHOM, from Hollis, N. H., m. Sibbillah, D. 
of Daniel Drury, in 1760, and had David, b. Nov. 7, 1763. 

DRURY, EBENEZER, Jr. (s. of El)enezer) m. Lucy, 
D. of Dr. Edward Flint, Jan. 1793, and both admitted to the 
chh. in that year. Chil. Isaac, h. April 29, 1793, and d. unm., 
May 18, 1828; Edward Flint, F^^b. IS, 1795, and d. num., 
Jan. 16, 18-26; Hannah Kei/es, July 19, 17^6, and m. Oliver 
Wyman, 1819; Lois Muzzy, June 12, (798, and d. in 1800; 
John, Dec. 2, 1799; Lois Muzzy. Nov. 2, 1801, and m. 
Thomas H. Witherbee, 1821 ; Sarah F.'int, Arg. 30, 1S04, and 
m. Isaac Reed Noyes, Sept. 16, 1828; Ebtnezer, Jan. 4, 1806. 



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DRURY, JOEL (s. of Caleb) m. Mary, D, of Joseph 
Sherman, Jr., June 8, J7S8. She d. Oct. 31, 1828, aged 6G. 
Chil. Lois, b. INIarch 14, 1789; Lucy, Oct. 19, 1791, and m. 
Etnery Bannister of Boylston, in 1821; Luther, March 16, 
1794 ; Manj, bap. May 12, 1805. 

DRURY, ABIJAH (s. of Caleb) m. Resinah Wheelock, 
Feb. 22, 1792. She d. April 21 , 1834, aged 63. Chil. Sarah, 
b. July 30, 1792, and ni. Alexander Rice, in 1811 ; Melinda, 
Nov. 10, 1795, and ni. Eniery Bannister, his second wife; 
Luke, Aug. 15, 1799, and d. May 14, 1836; thebe Rand, 
Nov. 6, 1804, and m. Ebenezer Felton of Boylston, Feb. 1, 
1827; Laura, Nov. 11, 1310, and d. Sept. 15, 1833. 

DRURY, LUTHER (s. of Joel) m. Martha C. Gale of 
West Boylston, May 5, 1822. Chil. fVilliam Sherman, b. Sept. 
23, 1823; Dolly Lincoln, June 16, 1826. 

DODGE, JABEZ, from Ipswich, with a family, settled in 
this town, how long before 1740, is unknown. He was living 
here in 1761. I cannot find any thing respecting him after that 
period on the records. It does not appear that he had chil. b. 
here. Of those that came with him, were Deborah, who m. 
Solomon Rand, in 1741 ; Amee, who m. Ebenezer Maynard of 
Westboro', Feb. 15, 1743, and d. there, Oct. 14, 1754; and 
Ezekiel, who was admitted to the chh. here in 1742; grad. 
H. v., 1749; ord. to the ministry in Abington, Mass., May 23, 
1750; m. Mary Goddard of Sutton, and d. suddenly of apo- 
plexy. June 15, 1770, aged 48; another son, it is believed, 
served his time with Marshall Newton, at the blacksmith trade, 
and afterwards settled in Brookfield, thence to Great Barrington. 

DEAN, Capt. EBENEZER (s. of Ebenezer of Franklin, 
and g. s. of Ebenezer of Dedham) came here with a family 
about the year 1790. In May, 1791, he was, with his wife, 
Abigail, admitted to the chh. here from that in Franklin. He 
settled on the place, where Balch Dean, Esq. now lives. In 



270 FAMILY REGISTER. 

1792, his dwelling house was opened as one of the small pox 
hospitals, of which there were several in the town in that year; 
the innoculation for that distemper being general throughout the 
town. He had brothers, Nathaniel and Jonathan ; not any of 
his children were b. here. Of those that came with him were 
Ebenezer, who, it is said, m. Mary Brown of Rehoboth, and d. 
in Norfolk, Va. ; Paul, a physician, who jiractised here some 
years, and went South and d. there ; Cyrus, who m. and settled 
in Brookfield ; Julia, who m. Timothy Blake of Franklin, May 
4, 1794; his D., Irene, had m. Samuel Fisher, of Westboro', 
before the father came to this town. He removed from here 
about 179S. 

DEAN, JONATHAN, (s. of Ebenezer of Dedham) came 
here in 1798, with his second wife, Elizabeth, from Dedham, 2d D. 
of the Rev. Thomas Balch of the 2d Parish in that town, and 
settled on the place that was previously Ebenezer Dean's. His 
first wife was the D. of Capt. Samuel Holmes of Dedham. 
Ebenezer and Balch, his sons by the second wife, came here, 
with their parents, who, after a few years returned, as also did 
Ebenezer, to Dedham, leaving their youngest son, Balch, sole 
proprietor of the farm on which he now lives. 

DEAN, BALCH, Esq., before mentioned, b. March 7, 1775, 
m. Martha, D. of David Brigham, Nov. 20, ISOO. Child, 
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 31, 1801, and m. James Harvey Gerauld of 
Keene, N. H., (previously of Wrentham) June 6, 1827. 

DEAN, FRANCIS (bro. of Balch) resided on the Eddy 
Place a few years, and then removed to Fitchburg. He had, 
while here, Francis, bap. July 7, 1805, and Charles Piiikney, 
bap. April 26, 1807. 

DEAN, NATHANIEL (s. of Nathaniel, and g. s. of Eben- 
ezer, of Dedham) with his wife, Rebecca, wid. of Fisher Whiting 
of Dedham, formerly Rebecca Fairbank, came here in Oct., 
1800, with two of her chil., viz: Rebecca Whiting, b. Dec. 8, 



FAMILY REGISTER. 271 

1790, and here m. Thomas Knowlton, Jr., in 1809; and Calvin 
fVhiting, b. Oct. 8, 1794. He lived on the place formerly be- 
longing to the Crosbys, afterwards to Timotiiy Underwood, and 
now to Samuel Whitney, where he d. March 15, 1822, aged 62, 
His wid., Rebecca, d. in Boston, Feb. 10, 1829, aged 70. 

DAVIS, Capt. SILAS, from Holden, m. Sarah Nurse of 
Framingham, in 1800, and lived on the place, now of Elisha 
Davis. Chil. Joel, b. May 8, 1802 ; Addison, Aug. 27, 1803 ; 
Esther, July 8, 1805; Nathan Nurse, Aug. 10, 1807; Sarah, 
Dec. 7, 1809; Rebecca Estabrook, March 3, 1812. Here- 
moved from town about 1814. 

DAVIS, ELISHA m. Sarah Drake, Sept. 29, 1816. Chil. 
Orin Elisha, b. Dec. 28, 1817; Samuel 31errill, March ^5, 
1820; Benjamin Edwards Whipple, March 10, 1822; Amos 
Harrison, March 14, 1825; Juliet Maranda, Nov. 6, 1828. 

DELANY, PATRICK (an Irishman) m. Sarah, D. of Jon- 
athan Cuder, May 4, 1795, and, after a few years, left town. 
Chil. Nancy, b. Feb. 21, 1798; Sarah, April 27, 1803; Wil- 
liam, Sept. 7, 1806; Cyrus, March 21, 1809. 

DAY, WILLARD and his wife, Olive, came here from 
Wrentham about 1823, and resided a few years on the place 
where Silas Maynard now lives, and then returned to Wrentham. 
Chil. b. here, George Hiram, Sept. 23, 1824; Mary Ann Mi- 
nerva, June 24, 1827. 

DRAKE, JONATHAN H. (s. sup. of Francis, who m. 
Sarah Hayden in Bridgewater, in 1775, and d. here, Jan. 17, 
1817, aged 67) came here, with his wife, Abigail, about 1814. 
Chil. Diana Emeline, b. Sept. 1, 1815; Sarah Hayden, Ju]y 
23, 1817; Jonathan Charles, July 23, 1819. He m. Anna 
Bruce, D. of Daniel Stone, Jan. 1 , 1824, and had Albert Stone, 
b. March, 182G. The father d. in 1844, His brother, Cyrus, 
m. Hannah, D. of James Alexander, Sept. 22, 1819. 



272 FAMILY REGISTER, 

DUDLEY, GERRY (s. of David and g. s. of Abel, whose 
wid., Sarah, sup. a sister of Francis Drake, d. here, Feb. 10, 
1817, aged 7-2) m. Elizabeth Bellows, Nov. 18, 1827, and d. 
Jan 25, 1835, aijed 31. Chil. Harriet Louisa, b. April 15, 
18-28; Abigail Frances, June 2, 1829; Mary Ann, Aug. 16, 
1831. 

EAGER, ABRAHAM (s. of William, who m. Ruth Hill in 
Maiden, in 1659) ni. Lydia Woods, or Wood, in Mailboro', 
March 22, 1692; and there had sons, Abraham, b. Sept. 14, 
1709; Bezaleel, Dec. 22, 1713, and Benjamin,Uz^ 17, 1716. 
Bezaleel settled in Westboro', in that part, now INorthboro', 
where his son, Francis, and his g. s., the late Col. William Eager, 
formerly lived. The other two sons settled in this town. 

Their parents both d. here. He d. Oct. 25, 1734, and his 
wid., Lydia, Jan. 7, 1739 ; their ages unknown. His age, if 21, 
when m., was about 63. He was several years Town Clerk of 
Mailboro'; the last was in 1730. He is styled Capt., on the 
record of deaths. 

EAGER, ABRAHAM (s. of the above) m. Dinah, D. of 
Luke Rice, April 25, 1739; she was ad. to this chh. in 1742; 
his death is not on record. His wid., "relict," d. Aug. 13, 1788, 
aged 69. Chil. Paul, b. April 13, 1740 ; sup. settled in Prince- 
ton, and m. Jane Forbus* of Rutland, in 1768; Azubah, Sept. 
16, 1742, and m. Ephraim Wheeler, Nov. 4, 1761 ; Noah, 
Junes, 1745, and d. Oct. 19, 1781; Sarah, June 2b, 1749, 
and m. Jauies Curtis of Worcester, May 24, 1770; Leuis, 
April 10, 1752; Benjamin, Sept. 19, 1755; Leonard, Dec. 6, 
1757. 

E^G"R, Capt. BE.\JAM]N (bro. of the above) m. Abii^aii 
Johnson of Worcester, Aug. 18, 1737. She was ad. to this (hh. 
in 1742, and d. Sept. 12, 1747, aged 3>. C\u\. Lucretia, h. 
April 27, 1738 ; Lyrlia, Jan. 20, 1740, and w. Matthew Nobles 
of Westfield, May 21, 1759; Dorothy, Jan. 24, 1742: Winsor, 
March 15,1744; Ashbel, May 25, 1746. He next m. Sarah 

* Perhaps Forbes. 



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' of VVeslfield, 1749, and d. June 21, 1759, aged 44. His 

wid., Sarah, sup. ni. Capt. John Houston, or Huston, of Nova 
Scotia, in 1761. 

EAGER, Capt. LEWIS (s. of Abraham) m. Sarah Siacey 
of Framingham, Sept. 2i2, 1779, and d. Jan. 5, 1822, aged 70- 
His wid. Sarah, ad. to chh. here, 1802, d. Feb. 21, 1841, aged 
84. Chil. Abraham, b. July 6, 1780, lived in Troy, N. Y. 
some years, where he m., and returned here, and d. June 27, 
1817, aged 37: Hannah, Feb. 15, 1782, and d. unm. about 
1803; John, Sept. 30, 1783; Luaj, I\iarch 13, 1785, and m- 
Jonathan Dudley of Sutton, ]\Iay 4, 1829; Welcome, (now Wil- 
liam) Nov. 1, 1786, and m. Bruce of Grafton ; Sarahy 

March 28, 1788, and d. 1793; Austin, Dec. 1, 1789, and d. 
1795; Lewis, Sept. 5, 1791 ; Sarah, Jan. IS, 1794, and m. 
George Slocumb, Jr., in 1317 ; Cleora, July 5, 1795, and d. July 
81, 1819; Charles, Sept. 13, 1798, and d. Aug. 14, 1814. 

EAGER, JOHN (s. of Capt. Lewis) m. Martha, D. of Na- 
than Howe, Esq., Feb. 13, 1808, and removed to CamdenjMe., 
Dep. Sheriff and Post Master there, and d. Sept. 11, 1837, aged 

50. Chil. Fidelia, who d., say, 1827; Mary S., who m. 

Codman ; William, who d. in Texas, 1847; John; Charles 

Austin; Martha Ann, who m. Woodbury ; Sarah Eliza-' 

heth, who m. IMorse; Lucy and George. 

EAGER, ZACHARL\H, b. 1716 (s. of Zacbariah, of 
Marlboro') m. wid. Abigail Moor, April 12, 1760, and lived in 
the "Z/eg-." Chil. Lou 150, b. Nov. 11, 1760; Benjamin, Oct. 
7, 1762; and Jonathan, Jan. 1765. This flimily and others, 
with their lands, were set off to Lancaster^ in 1763. 

EAGER NATHAN, b. 1731, (s. of Uriah, and g. s. of 
Zerubbabel, of Marlboro', who was brother of Abraham, first 
mentioned) m. Sarah Goodenow in Marlboro', Feb. 5, 1755, and 
had JVathan, whom I sup. to have been the following, and, thai 
he, with his wife, came here from Lancaster. 
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274 FAMILY REGISTER. 

EAGER, NATHAN and his wife, Dinah, were ad, Jo thv 
rhli, here, in 17*7, but not fiom any other. He was one of 
those chosen by the clih. in that year, " to assist in setting the 
psahii." Chil. Ephronaud Alvarij bap. June 1, 1777, Ephron^ 
1 SI) p., settled in Northboro', 

EAGER, NAHUM (from Providence, s. of Epiiron, of 
Northboro') m. Elizabeth, D. of Capt. Jonathan Nelson, Aug. 
27, 1820, and kept a public house in this town, a short time, orj 
the Worcester turnpike. Child, Edwards IVhipplc, b. Oct. 22,. 
1822. He removed to Leicester soon after and d.j his wid., 
Elizabeth, in. Parker. 

One or more families of the name of Eager, not before men- 
tioned, were living in the North Parish before it became a town^ 
but there is nothing to show that fact on the records here. 

EAGER, JOSEPH and his wife, Elizabeth Green, both 
from Northboro', lived in the North Parish, and had, besides 
other chil., Miriam, who m. Dea. Gershom Wheelock, in 1811. 

EDDY, Capt. BENJAMIN,* whose wife was Martha Brond- 
son of Boston, came here with a family, as mentioned in the 

** Samuel and John Eddy, sons of Rev. William Eddy of Crainbrook, in the 
County of Kent, in England, came to America in the ship Handmaid, Capt. Grani, 
master, and arrived at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630, where Samuel settled and had 
Caleb, b. in 1643, who d. at the age of 70. His son, Caleb, b. in 1672 m. Hannah 
Brown and d. in Boston, 1747. His son Caleb, b. in 1721, m. Martha Marks, and d. 
5-n Boston, 1752. His son, Benjamin, b. Feb. 19, 1743, is the above mentioned. 

Capt. Benjamin Eddy was early inured to the hardships of a sea-faring life. At 
the commencement of the Revolution, he was taken prisoner by a British man of 
war, and, with his vessel, carried into Halifa.\> whence, after some months, ha 
escaped from prison, and travelled through the wilderness to Boston. 

His wife and children had left Boston and retired to Worcester, for a season, 
where he joined them a short time before he came to Shrewsbury. He removed 
to this town, with his family, in 1776, having, in Nov. of that year, purchased of 
Dennis Smith, the place on which he afterwards settled, and now belonging to 
Capt. Nathan Baldwin. 

After the war had closed, he was, for several years, in command of vessels out of 
Boston, in the London trade, which afforded him facilities for furnishing hie store 
here wifch a greater variety of fancy articles than were usually to be found in i' 
country town at that period. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 275 

note below. Chll. Martha, b. July 24, 1764, and m. Dr. 
Zephaniah Jennings of Hardwick, Nov. 28, 1799; Mary, July 
26, 1766, and m. Eliakim Morse, Sept. 22, 1786, and d. in 
Boston, April 26, 1800; Hannah, July 11, 1768, and m. Luke 
Bemis of Watertown, July 9, 1797, and d. March 31,1837; 
Sarah, Aug. 11, 1770, and d. here, Sept. 11, 1778; Robert 
Rand, March 18, 1774, and d. here, Sept. 13, 1778. All the 
above named chil. v.'cre b. in Boston. Eiuiice, b. Oct. II, 
1776, in Worcester, and d. here, July 20, 1796; Sarah, May 
17, 1779, and m, William Cotiing of West Cambridge, Jan. 21, 
1810; Robert Rand, Aug. 25, 17S1, and d. June 17, 1796; 
Caleb, May 27, 1784. 

Capt. Eddy removed to Waltham in 1804, and, in 1813, to 
West Cambridge, where he d. Aug. 11, 1817, aged 74. 

EDDY, CALEB (s. of Benjamin) m. and resides in Boston. 
Chil. Robert Henry; Mary Caroline; Benjamin; Thomas 
Melville ; Benjamin ; and Albert Melville, The first and two 
last are living. 

EARL STEPHEN, from Boxford, m. Mary, D. of Heze- 
kiah Rice, May 11, 1780. Chil. Henry, bap. Aug. 28, 1780; 
John, bap. March 31, 1782. The parents removed to Gerry, 
now Phillipston ; where they had Hezekiah; Lydia ; Sophia; 
Mary; Lucy and Stephen. The father d. in Boston, June, 
1825, aged 72. His wife, Mary, d. ten or twelve years previous. 

EARL RALPH and his wife, Phebe, had Ralph, b. May 
11, 1751. 

FLINT, Dr. EDWARD * (from Concord) m. Mary, D. of 

*Hon. Thomas Flint came from Matlock, in Derbyshire, (England) to Concord, 
in 1638, possessed of wealth, talents and a Christian character. He d. Oct. 8, 
1653. His son, John, m. Mary, D. of Urian Oaks, President of H. U., in 1C67, and 
d. in 1687. Their son, Thomas, m. Mary Brown. They were the parents of Dr. 
Edward, above mentioned, and of Thomas, who settled in Rutland, father of Dea. 
Tiliy Flint of that town. 

I am indebted for much of this information to Mr. Shattuck's History of Con- 
cord. Dr. Flint was a fellow student in Medford with the late Gov. Brooks, and 



276 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Daniel Howe, Jan. S, 1758. They were admitted to the chh. 
here, in 1801. He d. Nov. 13, 1818, aged 85. His wife, 
Mary, d. Feb. 11, 1817, aged 78. Chil. Eleanor, b, Feb. 22, 
1758, and m. Joseph Curtis of Worcester, in 1774 ; Austin, 
Jan. 4, 17G0; Josiah, Dec. 12, 1761, and d. Jan. 1, 1770; 
Dorothy, March 30, 1764, and m. Jonathan Adams, Jr., in 
1790; Edimrd, Feb. 7, 17C6, and d, June 8, 1788; Mary, 
Jan. 3, 1768, and m. Zenas Stone, in 1790; Z/i^ci/, Nov. 22, 
1769, and m. Ebenezer Drury, Jr., in 1793; Lydia, Oct. 29, 
1771, and m. OHver Munroe of Northboro', in 1794; Sarah, 
Aug. 30, 1773, and m. John Jennison, in 1799; Josiah, Dec. 
15, 1775; John, Jan. 18, 1779. 

FLINT, Dr. AUSTIN (s. of Dr. Edward) removed to 
Leicester, and there m. Elizabeth, D. of Col. William Henshaw, 
June 7, 1785. She d. Aug. 1, 1827, aged 63. He (in 1847) 
still lives in ripe old age. Chil. Joseph Henshaiv, who was a 
practising physician in this town a few years, and, about 1811, 
removed to Petersham, thence to Northampton, thence to Spring- 
field, and d. in Leicester, in 1846. Sarah; Edward; Eliza- 
beth; Waldo; and Laura. 

FLINT, Dr. JOHN (s. of Dr. Edward) m. Abigail, D. of 
Capt. Abraham Munroe of Northboro', in 1801, and, soon after, 
removed to Petersham, where he d. of spotted fever, in 1809, 
leaving a son, John, now (1847) a skilful physician in Boston. 
His wid. Abigail, m. Col. William Eager of Northboro'. 

FLINT, Maj. JOSIAH (s. of Dr. Edward) m. Nancy, D. 
of Luther Stone of Southboro', in 1801, and lives on the home- 
settled here soon after the decease of Dr. Joshua Smith, in 1756. He was chief 
chirurgeon in Col. Ruggles' regiment, in 1758, in an expedition against Canada. 
He was not long in that service. Having just previously taken to himself a wife, 
he soon returned. He was many years Town Clerk, one of the Selectmen, a staunch 
Whig in the time of the Revolution, and Surgeon in the Army at Cambridge, in 
1775. His practice was extensive and abundant. Cheerful and humorous, he gave 
efficacy to his medicine by administering it with anecdotes and queer stories, thai 
rarely failed to revive desponding patients. 



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stead. She d. Aug. 16, 1816, aged 34. Chil. Mary Eleanor, 
b. Oct. 16, 1802, the only one on the town record, and d. Sept. 
6, 1803; Mary, bap. Aug. 10, 1806, and m. Eli Walcutt of 
Worcester, Dec. 26, 182S; Charles, bap. and d. in 1S09; 
Nancy, bap. July 7, 1812, and m. Joseph W. Mason ; Edward, 
bap. March 31, 1816, and killed by a cart wheel passing over 
him, Oct. 13, 1820. His second wife, Mary, was sister of his 
first wife, and m. in 1817. She d. Jan. 13, 1844, aged 58. 
CbW. Lydia Marin, hap. Sept. 27, 1818; jLai/ra, bap. Sept. 
10, 1820, and Jane, bap. Dec. 15, 1822. 

FRISSOL, (FRIZZOL) SA:MUEL, both ways on the 
records, m. Prudence Flagg of Watertown, Feb. 1, 1727. He 
was then called of Framingham. Their chil. here were Samuel, 
b. April 5, 1729; John, Sept. 20, 1730; Prudence, May 20, 
1732; Abigail, Jan. 21, 1734, and m. Jason Parmcnter of 
Nashua, March 7, 1753; Mary, Jan. 29, 1736; Susanna,Sept. 
29, 1739. His wife, Prudence, was undoubtedly a relative, 
perhaps sister, of Gershom Flagg, of whom hereafter. 

FRENCH, JONATHAN and his wife, whose name does 
not appear on record, had James, bap. May II, 1735; William, 
bap. June 26, 1737. 

FRENCH, JOSEPH m. Mary Bixbee, Jan. 2, 1746, and 
had Desire, b. Aug. 31, 1746, on the town record called a son, 
probably a mistake. Martha French m. Jonathan Ball of West- 
boro', April 4, 1739. Families of this name (French) were in 
Cambridge, in 1637. 

FOSTER, JONATHAN, on house lot, No. 44, in 1729; 
ad. to chh. here in 1727; wife's name, Mary, and ad. to chh., 
1735. Their chil., as recorded here, were Jonathan, b. June 
6, 1719, and ad. to chh. here in 1743 ; Mary, Nov. 24, 1721 ; 
Benjamin, March 1, 1724, bap. at his fiither's house in 1727, 
and d. same year, say the church records; Thomas, b. Sept. 2, 
1726; Hezekiah, Aug. 28, 1728; Bulah, Feb. 13, 1731 ; Jc- 



978 FAMILY REGISTER. 

mima, bap. July 8, 1733 ; Kezia, bap. June 4, 1736. There 
is no death on the town record of the name of Foster. 

Jonathan Foster, probably the first above mentioned, m. Bath- 
sheba, the wid., I sup., of John Crosby, in 1741. 

FOSTER, HEZEKIAH and his wife, Hannah, were from 
Haverliill, where they had, say the town records, Hannah, b. 
May 6, 1747. 

FLAGG, GERSHOM * (sup. from Watertown) m. Hannah, 
D. sup. of Capt. John Keyes, Jan. 6, 1725 ; and was on house 
lot. No. 36, in 1729. She was ad. to chh. here in 1727, and 
he, in 1732. Chil. Persis, b. June 8, 1726 ; Stephen, July 22, 
1728; Jotham, July 25, 1730; Solomon, March 6, 1733; 
Gershom, Jan. 1, 1735 ; Thankful, Jan. 21, 1739. His wid., 
Hannah, is sup. to have m. Eleazer Taylor in 1744. 

FLAGG, STEPHEN (s. of Gershom) m. Judith, D. of 
Eleazer Taylor, Dec. 6, 1750. Chil. Johi, b. Oct. 4, 1751, 
and d. 1756; Solomon, Aug. 13, 1753, and d. 1756; Stephen, 
March 23, 1755, and d. 1758; Judith, March 6, 1757, and m. 
Samuel Andrews in 1777 ; Stephen, June 8, 1759; John, Dec. 
21, 1760, and d. Jan. 30, 1785; Solomon, April 1, 1764, and m. 
Rebecca Dakin, Oct. 1789 ; Benjamin, May 25, 1766 ; Jotham, 
Jan. 8, 1767 ; Lucretia, June 2, 1768; Gershom,Sept.21, 1770. 

FLAGG, JOTHAM (s. of Gershom) m. Rebecca Kendall, 
Aug. 15, 1765. Chil. Jotham, b. Jan. 8, 1767; Rebecca, Oct. 
22, 1768; 5bZomon, Oct. 21, 1770; Samuel, Sept. 8, 1772; 
Thankful, Feb. 28, 1774 ; Plimj, April 8, 1776. 

FLAGG, JOEL and his wife, Mary, from Boylston, had 
Mary Elizabeth, b. here, Jan. 4, 1821. 

* Gershom "fleg." Mass., freeman, 1C74., was probably the Gershom fleg, who, 
with his wife, Hannah, was in Woburn in 1C83, and had a son, Benoni, b. there in 
that year. Lt. Gershom y^cg, d. in Woburn, 1690. Thomas "/eg-," whose wife 

wi\s Mary , was in Watertown, 1G43, when and where he had John, and, in 

1(562, Benjamin. John^Zeg-, and his wife, Mary, had Sarah, b. there in 1675, and 
John, in 1677. "fleg; " see note page 2;'0. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 270 

FARR, DANIEL, (perhaps a descendant of George, who, 
with his wife, Elizabeth, was in Lynn in 1630, and d. 1G61, 
leaving sons, John; Lazarus; Benjamin; and Joseph;) whose 
wife was Mary, had Fatience, b. March 29, 1760 ; Sarah, March 
28, 1762; Samuel, March 3, 1764; Mary, Aug. 23, 1766, 
and m. John Bailey of Hollis, N. H., in 1734. 

FISKE, JACOB and his wife, whose name is not on the 
records here, were from Wenham ; being a mem. of the chh. 
there, had liis son, Jonathan, bap. here, May 22, 1748. 

Daniel Fiske m. Elizabeth Goddard, Nov. 2, 1743. 

Rachel Fiske m. Isaac Stone, Jr., of Lancaster, 1765. 

Moses Fiske m. Lucy Bush, 1781. 

FURNIS, BENJAIVIIN (Fumess, Irish extraction) m. Abi- 
gail Taylor of Sturbridge, in 1766; it does not appear that he 
had any more family while here, which was as iate as 1774, 
when he was licensed to keep a public house, where Joseph 
Nurse now lives.* 

FARRAR, Maj. JOHN f and his wife, who was Hannah 
Brown, came here, settled on the place, and kept a public house, 
where the late Capt. Levi Pease afterwards lived. He d. there, 

* It was there the late Aaron Smith, as he informed me, first saw a pofaioe. He, 
a lad, and his brother, Moses, being there in planting time, saw Furness placing 
some small things in a row upon the grass land and covering them with sods; they 
inquired of him what they were; P'urness TepVied, paraiocs, and asked the boys if 
they never saw any before ? They said, No; what are they good for? He told 
them, and gave them a few to carry home, with directions how to cook them, roast 
or boil. They roasted and ate them in the evening. Soon after, Moses was taken 
sick, and attributing the cause to the paratoes, did not eat another until several' 
years afterwards. 

t John and Jacob Farrar were Proprietors of Lancaster in 1653. Jacob, son of 
John or Jacob, m. Hannah, D. of John Houghton, Esq. in 1C68, and was killed by 
the Indians, Aug, 2i, 1675. His sons, Jacob, George, Joseph, and John, removed 
to Concord. George m. Mary How, in 1692, settled in Concord, and d. 1760, aged 
39. His youngest son, Samuel, m. Lydia Barrett in 1732, and d, 1783, aged 75. — 
Shattuck. 

They were the parents, as I suppose, of Maj. John, who was b. about, 1741. 

A John Farrar m. Martha Swift of Framingham,Oct. 13, 1740. — Mid. Co. Records. 



280 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Jan. 15, 1793, aged 52. Chll. Ephraim, b. Oct. 22, 1765, at 
Cambridge ; Martha, March 10, 1767, and d. in 2 mos. ; she 
was bap. here, in 1767, " the parents being in covenant with the 

chh. in Concord ; " Martha, Aug. 26, 1769, and m. Brons- 

don of Milton ; Joh7i, May 10, 176S, and d. in 1770; Lucy^ 
Dec. 13, 1770, and d. in 1771 ; Lucy, Feb. 2, 1773, and d. in 
2 mos. ; Mary, April 3, 1774, and d. in 2 mos. ; Hannah, Aug. 
25, 1775, and d. in 1773; Relief, Oct. 20, 1777, and d. in 6 

mos. ; Hannah, Nov. 26, 1779, and m. Read, and next, 

Eastabrook of Royalston. Epliraim (whose name was, in his 
adult age, ahered to John) lived a few years in Worcester ; went 
to the West, m. and d. there. Hannah, the wid. of Maj. Farrar, 
m. Rev. Joseph Lee of Royalston, May 21, 1795. 

FASSETT, JONATHAN {Fassctt on early and late records ; 
it is probably a corruption from Fawcett) came to this town with 
his wife, Sarah, from Bedford, (sup. Sarah Davis, and m. there, 
Oct. 27, 1761) and settled in the N. P. He was one of the 
Selectmen, in 1781. Chil., whose births are recorded here, 
Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1767 ; Amittia, (perhaps Amelia) b. March 
2, 1771, and m. Abel Moore Goodenow, April 15, 1790; Eliz- 
abeth, Nov. 26, 1773 ; Rebecca, Feb. 17, 1777 ; Lucy, Sept. 
12, 1779, and m. Ephraim Lyon, Jr., in 1799; Abigail, Dec. 
27, 1731, and m. Asaliel Noyes, in 1802; Joseph, May 11, 
1734. Probably it was his D. Sarah, (b. before the family re- 
moved here,) that m. Andrew Bigelow, in 1785. 

FORBES, ELISHA and hisAvife, Hannah, had a D. Eliza^ 
beth, bap. here, Nov. 10, 1771 ; the mother was then a mem. of 
the chh. in Upton. 

FAIRBANK, Rev. ELEAZER, (from Preston, Ct.) ord, to 
the ministry in the N. P., March 27, 1777, m. Sarah, D. of Dea. 
Amariah Bigelow, Oct. 3, 1731, and was dismissed, at his own 
request, April 23, 1793. Chil. Alelthina, h. June 26, 1182} 
Perky, Feb. 29, 1784. He was installed over the chh. in Wil- 
mington, Vt., in Sept. 1793, disimissed soon after, and d., it is said, 
at Palmyra, N. Y.,in 1821. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 281 

FAIRBANK, ISAIAH, Jr. (sup. from Grafton) m. Martha 
Symms Brocas, Nov. 11, 1S02. Child, John, b. Aug. 28, 1803. 
Tliey removed from town soon after. 

FAY, Capt. CHARLES, (s., and 12th of 13 children of 
Capt. Benjamin Fay of VVestboro', who m. Martha Miles of 
Concord, Dec. 27, 1739. They had U chil.; Martha, d. July 
9, 1761. His second wife was Elizabeth Stow of Grafton, whom 
he m. Oct. 28, 17G5) b. July 12, 1766, and m. Deborah, D. of 
Capt. Ephraim Lyon, Sen., then of Grafton, afterwards of tliis 
town. She d. Nov. 15, 1815, aged 49. He d. Sept. 7, 1818, 
aged 52. Chil. Charles Taylor, b. June 2, 1789 ; Joel, May 
24, 1791, and m. Catharine Bigelow ; Deborah, Aug. 3, 1794, 
and ra. Lewis Witherby, in 1818; David, August 4, 1799 j 
Jonathan Prescott, Nov. 29, 1801 ; the two last went to Oiiio, 
unm.; Elizabeth Lyon, April 1, 1807. 

FAY, CHARLES TAYLOR (s. of Capt. Charles) m. Re- 
hef, D. of Abel Goulding, March 22, 1812. Chil. No births 
on record. Their s., Charles Henry, d. May 18, 1818, aged 6 
years. 

FAY, JOHN, (s. sup. of John and Mehitable, of Westboro',) 
b. April 19, 1784, m. Elizabeth, D. of Daniel Noyes, March 
13, 1808. Both are said to have d. young, of consumption. 

FAY, SOLOMON T., (s. of Capt. Solomon and Susanna, 
of Westboro') b. Aug. 21, 1803, came here from Westboro', say 
in 1826, with his wife, Ascah, and lived a kw years on the Jen- 
nison Place, a short distance west of where Joseph Nurse lives, 
and then returned. Chil., whose births are recorded here, Henry 
Clinton, b. March 4, 1827; George Ellis, Jan. 13, 1829; 
Abbe Ann, Nov. 28, 1830, and Solomon Dexter, Jan. 1 5, 1834. 

FALES, Capt. DANIEL, originally from Wrentham, came 
here from Newton,' with his wife, Sarah Pratt, about 1802, ard 
settled on the place previously owned by Joseph Hastings. ChiL 
36 



282 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Leander,h.Dec. 15, 1798; Mary Ann, Dec. 21, 1800, and 
m. John Parker, Jr., of Templeton, Sept. 4, 1823 ; Almirn Lu- 
cretia, Jan. 4, 1803, and m. Calvin Lincoln of Holliston, Jan. 1, 
1 2; John Mann, Aug. 25, 1805; Charles, June 2, 1807; 
Martha Southgate, March 5, 1809; Sarah Eliza, May 17, 
1811 ; Baniel Henry, June 30, 1813. 

FALES, Capt. LEANDER (s. of Capt. Daniel) in. Han- 
nab, D. of Bethuel Boyd, May 19, 1829. She d. Dec, 28, 
1843, aged 41. Chil. Susan Caroline, h. July 25, 18.30; 
John Boyd, Aug. 19, 1832; Edward Leander, Feb. 28, 1S35; 
John Edward, Nov. 24, 1837; Charles Henry, Oct. 27, 1839. 
His second wife was Cherry Maria, wid. of Almon Allen of 
Princeton, and D. of Nathaniel Green. 

FITCH, CHARLES H. and his wife, who was Susan Orne, 
came here from Salem, about 1803, and lived on the farm north- 
erly from the meeting house, known as the Goddard Place. 
They had two daughters, whose births are not on record here, 
viz : Susan, who m. Calvin R. Stone, in 1812, and Mariann B.i 
who m. Hiram A. Morse, Nov. 7, 1827. 

FESSENDEN, WYMAN, (s. of John, who m. Elizabeth, 
D. of Ross Wyman, in 1769) b. in 1772, came here, with a 
family, about 1827, and lived some years on the Pease Place. 
Of his children were two sons, Scth Wyman and John Stillman. 

FESSENDEN, SETH WYMAN (s. of Wyman) m. Mary 
Ann, D. of Simon Maynard, Jan. 1, 1829. She d. Sept. 2, 
1836, aged 37. Chil. Charles Otis, b. Sept. 16, 1830; Julia 
Ann, Dec. 20, 1731 ; Elizabeth Dean, March 4, 1833. 

FESSENDEN, JOHN STILLMAN (s. of Wyman) m. 
Lucy Shaw of Palmer, in 1831, and d. Aug. 29, 1843, aged 44. 
Child, Henry Gardner, b. Oct. 14, 1832. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 283 

FILMORE, GEORGE, said to have been an Englishman 
born, came here from Worcester, in 1774. He enlisted into the 
Continental Army for three years, and served as private soldier 
during most of the war. He was honorably discharged, and, in 
his old age, enjoyed a pension from the government. He m. 
Sarah, D. of William Norcross, Dec. 9, 1779, and d. Sept. 29, 
1832, aged 90; his wid., Sarah, d. Sept. 17, 1S40, aged 94. 
A filial daughter has caused handsome monuments to be erected 
to their memory. Chil., whose births are recorded here, Mary^ 
b. Nov. 20, 1785 ; Jod, March 4, 1790; William, April 29, 
1792; John, Feb. 10, 1795; Pcrsis, Dec. 15, 1796; Francis, 
June 7, 1799 J Samuel Smith, Jan. 7, 1605. 

GODDARD, EDWARD (s. of Edward * of Framingham) 
m. Hepzibah Hapgood, and was among the first settlers of this 
town, and one of the founders of the chh. She was ad. in 
1728, and d. July 19, 1763, aged 60. He lived on the place of 
the late Charles H, Fitch. Chil. Hepzibah, b. Feb. 11, 1723, 
and d. unm. Oct. 7, 1781 ; Nathan, Jan. 18, 1725 ; Elizabeth, 
Sept. 4, 1726 ; Robert, Aug. 13, 1728 ; David, Sept. 26, 1730 ; 
HezeJciah, Aug. 13, 1732, and d. in 1734; Daniel, Fe\). 1, 
1734; Ehenezer, Nov. 25, 1735, and d. infant; Ebtntzer, 
Dec. 28, 1736, and d. Sept. 39, 1738; Rhoda, Feb. 25, 1740, 
and m., Aug. 14, 1765, Rev. William Goddard, (s. of Rev. 
David Goddard f of Leicester) grad. H. U., 1761, first min. of 
Westmoreland, N. H., ordained Nov. 14, 1765. Her second 
husband was Nathaniel Stone, of this town, m. 1793, removed 
to Vt., and d. there, in Pittsfield, Dec. 7, 1820, aged 80; Mir- 
iam, k^vW 30, 1742, and d. Nov, 8, 1755; Edward , lAd^Tch. 

* Edward Goddard, b. in Watertown, March 24, 1675, m. Susanna Stone of 
Newton, and d. in Framingham, in 17M. He was one of several sons of Kdward 
Goddard and his wife, Elizabeth Miles, who came from England, and settled in 
Watertown before 1667. Of the children of Edward and Susanna, Edward, Simon 
and Benjamin were early settlers here, and all born in Watertown; Edward in 
1697, Simon in 1702, and Benjamin in 1704; as appears by their several ages, when 
they deceased. 

t He m. Mary Stone of Watertown, July 16, 1736; ord. minister of Leicester, 
June 30, 1736, and d. Jan. 19, 1754, aged 48. He was a son of Edward, of Framing- 
haei, and brother of Edward, Simon and Benjamin. 



284 FAMILY REGISTER. 

12, 1745. He next m. Eunice Walker, in 1764 ; she was then 
called of Sutton, and admitted to the chh. here from that in Ux- 
bridge, in 1771. He d. Oct. 13, 1777, aged 80. 

■ GODDARD, NATHAN (s. of Edward) m. Dorothy Ste- 
vens of Petersham, and settled in Orange. He d. Feb. 12, 1806, 
aged 81, and his wid., Dorothy, March 30, 1808, aged 88. 
Cliil. Hepzibah, Nathan, Ebenezer, Dolly, Asa, Eunice and 
Lois. 

GODDARD, ROBERT (s. of Edward) m. Hannah Stone 
of Watertown, Jan. 8, 1752, and setded in Petersham. Chil. 
Hannah and Sarah. His second wife was Elizabeth, D. of 
Benjamin and Mary Goddard of Grafton. He d.in June, 1807, 
aged 79; and his wid., Elizabeth, in April, 1820. Nahum God- 
dard of Petersham, son of Robert, m. Sarah Richardson of 
Shrewsbury, Feb. 1, 1801. 

GODDARD, DAVID (s. of Edward) m. Margaret Stone 
of Watertown, Oct. 9, 1753, and removed to Orange. 

GODDARD, DANIEL (s. of Edward) m. Mary Willard of 
Grafton, Nov. 17, 1756, and lived on the homestead; his wife, 
Mary, d. Jan. 13, 1796, aged 65. Chil. Miriam, b. Sept. 8, 
1757, and d. unm. Dec. 8, 1792; Daniel, Jan. 15, 1759, and 
d. infant; Martha, March 4, 1760, and d. infant ; Luther, Feb. 
28, 1762; Hepzibah, Feb. 2, 1764, and d. infant; Daniel, 
Aug. 23, 1765; Calvin, bap. May 27, 1767, and d. infant; 
Calvin, July 17, 176S; Martha, Sept. 1, 1770, and d. young; 
HezeMah, Aug. 29, 1771 . He next m., in 1790, (pub. in Oct.) 
Huldah Harvvood, a widow, of Windsor, Ct., and d. in 1807, 
aged 74. 

GODDARD, Rev. EDWARD, Jr., (s. of Edward) grad. 
H. U., 1764, m. Lois, D. of Nathan Howe, Sen., Nov. 1, 1769; 
ord. to the ministry in Swanzey, N. H., Sept. 27, 1769; honor- 
ably dismissed, July 5, 1798, and d. Oct. 13, 1811, aged 66. 
Chil. Edward, Hepzibah, Nathan Howe, Hapgood, Eunice, 
Lois, and others. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 285 

GODDARD, SIMON (brother of Edward) m. Susanna 
Cloyes of Framingham, Nov. 2, 1727. He was a mem. of 
Hopkinton clili. when he settled here, and it does not appear 
that he changed that relationship. He settled iiere about 1731, 
and lived S. VV. from the meeting house, and near where the 
Baptist meeting house once stood. An old cellar and a grape 
vine were all that remained, some years since, to mark the spot. 
He d. here, Nov. 3, 175S, aged 5G. Chil. Edward, who d. 
Sept. 19, 1742, aged 13; Susanna, b. July 28, 1731, (bap. here 
in Aug. next following ; there is no record of any other of his 
chil. being bap. here) and d. Aug. 8, 1740 j Simon, March II, 
1734, and d. in 1735; Martha, Dec. 29, 1735; and d. 1740; 
Simon, June 4, 1738, and d. 1740; Elizabeth, May 27, 1740, 
and m. James Goddard of Aihol, June 24, 1767, and d. May 
30, 1807 ; Simon, March 29, 1742 ; Edward, March 15, 1744 ; 
Josiah, Dec. 25, 1745; Susanna, Jan. 18, 1748, and d., unm., 
in Athol. 

GODDARD, SIMON (s. of Simon) m. Mary Eaton of 
Framingham, settled in Gerry, now Phiilipston, and was a magis- 
trate there. He had eight children, all of whom d. of con- 
sumption ; some of them in early life, the others on arriving at 
adult age ; he followed them all, and three wives, to the grave. 

GODDARD, EDWARD (s. of Simon, Sen.) m. Margaret 
Howe of Hopkinton, May 23, 1771, and d. here, May 20, 1782, 
aged 38; his wife, Margaret, d. Oct. 27, 1781. Chil. Martha, 
b. June 13, 1772 ; Abigail, May 10, 1774 ; Mary, March 17, 
1776; Sarah, Jan. 20, 1778, and d. infant; iS'ara/t, April 1, 
1779. 

GODDARD, JOSIAH (s. of Simon, Sen.) m. Ruth Ray- 
mond, Nov. 8, 1774, and settled in Athol, Rep. and Magistrate, 
d. Oct. 23, ISO I, aged 56. 

GODDARD, BENJAMIN (bro. of Simon, Sen.) m. Grace, 
D. of Dea. Nathan Fiske of Watertown, Sept. 25, 1733. He 



286 FAMILY REGISTER. 

lived on the farm, a part of which is where his grandson, Samuel 
Goddard, now lives. He was admitted to this chh. in 1730, 
and d. Jan. 28, 1754, aged 50; his wid., Grace, ad. to this chh. in 
1772, from that in Hopkinton, d. here, Oct. 28, 1803, aged 90. 
It was soon after he came to town, that the chh. began to be 
agitated on the subject of chh. government. Ruling Elders, &,c., 
as may be seen in extracts from the Rev. Mr. Cushing's ^^ Nar- 
rative,^^ under ihe Ecclesiastical head. Chil. Grace, h. Jan. 1, 
1736, and m. Jasper Stone, in 1755 ; Benjamin, Feb. 19, 1738, 
and d. 1740 ; Sarah, Jan. 8, 1740, and m. Joseph Nichols, Jan. 
1762; Benjamin, March 29, 1742; Susanna, Aug. 4, 1744, 
and m. Rev. Isaac Stone of Douglass, in 1773 ; Nathan, Aug. 
4, 1746; Lydia, Aug. 2, 1748, and d., unm., Feb. 26, 1825, 
aged 77 ; Hannah, Oct, 10, 1750, and m. Silas Heyvvood of 
Royalston, Nov. 11, 1779; Submit, Aug. 4, 1754, and m. 
James Puffer of Sudbury, Feb. 14, 1792. 

GODDARD, Dea. BENJAMIN (s. of Benjamin) m. Han- 
nah Williams of Pomfret, Ct., in 1769 ; she was then called of 
Charlton ; both ad, to chh. here in 1771 ; she d. Oct. 8, 1797, 
aged 47. His dwelling house, large and commodious, was burnt 
on the Sabbath, Feb. 24, 1799, with most of its contents, while 
nearly all the family were absent, attending public worship, 
Q\-{\\. SamiLel, b. Aug. 2, 1772; Benjamin, Oct. 11, 1778; 
Sarah, k^xW 13, 1781, and d., unm., April 3, 1842; Grace, 
Feb, 14, 1784, and m. Mansfield Bruce of Marlboro', Vt., Sept. 
24, 1805; Elizabeth, Sept. 16, 1786; sup. m. David Hill of 
Marlboro', Vt., Oct. 12, 1809 ; Geerge Sumner, April 8, 1789; 
Lydia, June 26, 1791, and m. Levi Howe, Jan. 3, 1815 ; Na- 
than Fiske, June 30, 1793; Artemas, Oct. 18, 1795. He 
next m., in 1 799, Lucy Chase of Sutton. She d. March 2, 1822, 
aged 81. His third wife was Elizabeth Russell, a widow, of 
Marlboro', m. in 1823. He d. Dec. 27, 1831, aged 92; and 
his wid., Elizabeth, April 18, 1845, aged 80. 

GODDARD, NATHAN, Esq. (s. of Benjamin, Sen.) grad. 
H. U., 1770, m. Martha Nichols of Framingham, Dec. 15, 1772. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 287 

He was ad. to the chh. here in 1771, and his wife, in 1773. 
Chil. Nichols, b. Oct. 4, 1773 ; Grace, April 12, 1775; Nathan, 
Dec. 15, 1777. The parents were "dismissed from the chh. 
here to that in Newbury, Vt., in 1781 ; altered to Framingham 
in 1789;" where he d. July 24, 1795, aged 49. His wid., 
Martha, was the second wife of Simon Goddard, Esq. of Phil- 
lipston. 

GODDARD, Capt. LUTHER (s. of Daniel) m. Elizabeth 
Dakin, in 1784, and both ad. to the chh. here in 17SG ; he 
withdrew himself from it in 1808, joined the Baptists, and be- 
came a preacher and elder in that denomination of Christians. 
Chil. Elizabeth, b. March 28, 1785, and d. infant; Perly, Jan. 
3, 1787 ; Martha, July 1, 1789, and in. Elijah Rice, Jr., Nov. 
26, 1807; Mary, Feb. 20, 1792, and m. Henry Baldwin, Oct. 
11, 1812; Elizabeth, April 3, 1794, and d. May 18, 1805; 
Daniel, Feb. 11, 1796 ; Levinah, June 28, 1798, and m. Leo- 
nard W. Stowell of Worcester; Clarissa, May 1, 1800, and d. 
April 13, 1826, at Worcester, where also his wife, Elizabeth, d. 
Jan. 19, 1828, aged 61. He had, a few years previous, removed 
with his family to Worcester. His second wife was Lucretia 
Story of Norwich, Ct. 

GODDARD, DANIEL, Jr. (s. of Daniel) m. Mercy Puffer 
of Sudbury, in 1790; both ad. to the chh. here in 1791. He 
d. Oct. 3, 1795, aged 31. Chil. James Puffer, b. Feb. 2, 1791, 
and d. infant; Mary Willard, March 26, 1792; Harriet Mir- 
iam, Aug. 23, 1794. His wid., Mercy, m. Conant of 

Sterling. 

GODDARD, Hon. CALVIN, (s. of Daniel, Sen.) grad. 
D. C, 1786, settled in Plainfield, Ct., and removed thence to 
Norwich; Mem. Con. several years, and resigned in 1805; 
Judge of the Supreme Court, he, m. Alice Hart of Plainfield, 
Ct. Chil. Charles, George, James, Hart, Alice, and Julia. 

GODDARD, HEZEKIAH (s. of Daniel, Sen.) settled in 
New London, and m. Phebe Halsey, Feb. 8, 1795. Chil. Jer- 



288 FAMILY REGISTER. 

emiah Halsey, Paulina, and George. His wife, Phebe, d. in 
1803. He m. Sarah Ay res Halsey in 1805. Child, HezeJciah 
W. — His wife, Sarah, d. in 1808; and, in 1310, he m. Eunice 
Rathbone. Chil. Eunice R., John Calvin, James Edward, 
Julia, George W., and Sarah Wells. 

GODDARD, PERLY (s. of Lutlier) m. Sarah Crosby of 
Brookfield, Sept. 3, 1815. Chil. Charles Crosby, h. Aug. I, 
1816, and d. April 30, 1824; Maria E., Nov. 20, 1818, and 
d. Oct. 6, 1821 ; Sanmel B. Ingersoll, Sept. .5, 1821 ; George 
Otis, April 8, 1823, and d. Feb. 17, 1824; Maria E., May 
13, 1825, and d. in 1831 ; Sarah Clarissa, Oct. 11, 1826, and 
d. in 1827; Sarah Crosby, Aug. 4, 1829; Charles Or^'s, and 
Eliza Jane. Removed to Worcester about 1825. 

GODDARD, DANIEL (s. of Luther) settled in Worcester, 

and m. Sarah Whitney in 1820. Cliil. Caroline E., Sarah M., 
Luther D., Lucy A., and Charles A. 

GODDARD, SAMUEL (s. of Dea. Benjamin) m. Rebecca 
Davis of Holden, in 1804. Chil. Joh7i Davis, b. March 6, 
1805; Rebecca Hubbard, Aug. 6, 1807, and d. Sept. 8, 1810; 
Rebecca Brigham, March 3, 1812, and d. Nov. 12, 1829; 
Grace Fiske. 

GODDARD, BENJAMIN, Jr. (s. of Dea. Benjamin) m. 
Martha, D. of Reuben Holland, Jan. 6, 1805. Chil. Hannah 
Williams, b. Nov. 26, 1805; Asa Holland, Feb. 9, 1807; 
Esther, Aprils, 1809; L^icy Chase, Oct. 26, 1811; George, 
Aug. 24, 1814 ; Sarah, Nov. 27, 1816. He removed, with his 
family, to Holden. 

GODDARD, GEORGE SUMNER (s. of Dea. Benjamin) 
settled in Boston; m. Sarah Pond, and d. Dec. 21, 1831, aged 
42. Chil. Benjamin, Frances Ann, Sarah, Elizabeth, Harriet 
S., George S., Henry Augustus, Lucy Maria, and Edward. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 289 

GODDARD, ARTEMAS (s. of Dea. Benjamin) m. Cyn- 
thia R Newton, June 17, 1827. Chil. Catharine Larmira, b. 
Oct. 19, 1 8-27; Caroline Maria, April 19, 18-29; Benjamin 
Fiske, July 26, 1831 ; :Sarah Elizabeth, Aug. 29, 1836. 

GODDARD, JOHN D. (s. of Samuel) m. Sarah Johnson 
of Westboro', in 18.30. She d. March 14, 1833, aged 25. 
ChM, Ztruiah Johnson, b. May 18, 1831. His second wife 
was Zeruiah, sister of his first wife, Hud d. Jan. 20, 1842, aged 
33. Chil. Luther Maijnanl b. Feb. 26, 1835 ; Sarah Rebecca, 
Nov. 17, i83(); Mary Farkcr, May 8, 1838; Henry Lyman, 
June 9, 1840. His third wife was Louisa Ballard, a widow, of 
Westboro'. Child, Caroline Grace, b. Aug. 29, 1843. 

GODDARD, WILLIAM (s. of Edward, of Framingham) 
appears to have resided here before any of his brothers except 
Edward ; he and his wife, Keziah, made a profession of religion 
here, and had Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1728, and bap. here in March 
of that year, who, while living with her uncle Edward, m., March 
15, 17*4, Benjamin Kimball of Brookfield ; and, in a few years 
afterwards, Daniel Gilbert of Brookfield. Nothing more is known, 
of this family. 

GODDARD, JOHN and iiis wife, Lucy, had Olive, b. Feb, 

18, 1778. 

GODDARD, GARDNER m. Sarah, D. of Joshua Wheel- 
ock.in 1809. Chil. Samuel Warren, b. Oct. 15, 1810 ; Charles, 
.May 30, 1812; Sophia, Nov. 1, 1813; Asenalh, k^n\ A, 1816; 
Sarah, May 4, 18IS; Samuel Gardner, Sept. 29, 1S20; Abi- 
gail Williams, Feb. 17, 1824; Lucretia, Sept. 18, 1825; 
Frederick Oscar and Francis Orrison, Dec. 23, 1827. 

GARFIELD, JOHN m. Ruth Pratt of Westboro', Sept. 21, 

1738 ; whether she was his first wife, and when he settled here, 

does not appear ; her age was 37, when married ; he d., it is 

said, April 30, 1780, and had no children. His wid., Ruth, d. 

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290 FAMILY REGISTER, 

May 1, 1806, aged 105 years and 2 months, being the oldest 
person that has d. in this town. Her age was about 80 at the 
time of her husband's death, which makes it probable he was 
past that age when he d. 

GARFIELD, DANIEL (perhaps a bro. of John) whose 
wife was Mary, was ad. to chh. here in 172S, and was living on 
house lot, No. 10, in 1729. He probably came here with a 
family. Chil. Elizabeth, who was admitted to this chh. in 173S, 
and d. Feb. 5, 1740; her birth not on record here; the follow- 
ing are, viz: Daniel, b. April 16, 1722; £6t??e^(;r, June 23, 
1724; Mnry, April 13, 1727, ad. to chh. 1742; Moses, April 
4, 1729 J Aaron, Oct. 22, 1736. 

Daniel Garfield, d. July 15, 1757, aged 69; and his wid.j 
Mary, Jan. 10, 1767, aged 76. Hence it appears he was b. 
about 1688, and his wife, 1691. 

GARFIELD, DANIEL (s. sup. of Daniel) m. Anna New- 
ton, called then of this town, Dec. 25, 1743. Daniel Garfield, 
Jr., ad. to chh. here in 1742. Chil. Arkmas, b. Feb. 7, 1746, 
and d. infant; Elizabeth, Feb. 27, 1747, d. the next year; 
Elizabeth, April 7, 1749, d, 1750 ; Arma, (her birth not on 
record here, but at VVestboro') Dec. 15, 1751. 

GARFIELD, EBENEZER (s. of Daniel, Sen.) m. Mary 
Graves, Sept. 17, 1745, and d. May 12, 1799, aged 77; and 
his wid., Mary, Sept. 26, 1799, aged 73. Chil. Miriam, (not 
recorded here, but at Wesiborn') b. April 13, 1747, and d. here, 
Nov. 23, 1750; Mart/, here, Nov. 23, 1748, bap. here in Jan. 
1749, and d., unm., June 20, 1825, aged 77; Debfrroh, Oct. 
16, 1750; Phcbe, Sept. 25, 1751 ; Ebenezer, bap. Nov. 26, 
1752; Abrjah,h. May 1, 1754; Daniel, May 2, 1756; /?a- 
cAe?, July -20, 1758, and m. Ezra Hastings, April 29, 1779; 
Esther, Sept. 28, 1760, and ni. Isaac Peirce of Sutton, June 17, 
1779. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 291 

GARFIELD, MOSES (s. of Daniel, Sen.) m. Sarah Wiit- 
ford, Jan. 19, 1749. Cliil. Joshua, b. Dec. 23, 175 J ; Eliza- 
beth, Feb. 10, 1754 ; Joseph, June 10, 1756; went to Warwick, 
and, in 1778, was pub. to Elizabeth Brewer, of this town; JoJin, 
Aug. 14, 1759. 

GARFIELD, AARON, (s. of Daniel, Sen.) whose wife was 
Mary, had Deborah, b. March 16, 1761 ; Ruth, March 10, 176-. 

GARFIELD, ABIJAH, (s. of Ebenezer) m. Lydia Carruth 
of N<)rt[)boro' in 1779; he d. April 24, 1843, aged 87; his 
wife, Lydia, Jan 1-2, 18^51, aged 73. Chil. Ebeneztr, b. March 
29, 17S0, and d. Jtdy IG, 1833; Abijnh, Nov. 16, 1781, and 
d., unm., Oct. 6, 1806; William, Nov. 27, 1783; Joe/, June 
19, 1786; Russell, Oct. 19, 1788; Mary, (so called on the 
town, but Sarah, on the chh. records, the latter probably an error) 
April 3, 1791 ; Lydia, Aug. 25, 1793, and m. John BHss in 
1816; E-ither, Dec. 20, 1795, and d. Nov. 6, 1843; Nathan^ 
Oct. 11, 1797; Jonas, Dec. 18, 1799. 

GARFIELD, DANIEL, (s. of Ebenezer) whose wife was 
Elizabeth, (said to have been Elizabeth Brewer ; it may have 
been so; there may liave been two of this name ; the record is> 
that Joseph Garfield was pub. to Elizabeth B.ewer, in 1778) 
had Daniel, b. March 4, 1780; and Elizabeth, Feb. 3, 1782. 
It is said he went to Charleston, and entered the service of the 
U. S. as surgeon's mate. 

GARFIELD, WILLIAM (s. of Alnjah) m. Mary, D. of 
John Gary, Nov. 30, 1815, and d. Oct. 1,1842, aged 59. Chil. 
Caroline Esther, b. Nov. 24, 1816, and m. Henry Slade ; Wil- 
liam Henry, h\]y 23, 1821. 

GARFIELD, JOEL (s. of Abijah) m. Louisa Stimson. 
€hil. Lydia O., b. Nov. 14, 1815, and m. Anson Bangs ; Eb- 
enezer Manning, March 1, 1818; Fanny Sophia, Aug. 24, 



292 FAMILY REGISTER. 

18-20; Sarah Maria, 1822, and d. in 1825; James William, 
July 22, 1826; Frederick Henry, Nov. 8, 18^8. 

GARFIELD, RUSSELL (s. of Abijah) m. Abigail, D. of 
Elzaphan Plympton, Jan. 14, 1814 ; she d. June 7, 1835, aged 
46. Chil. Elvira, b. Jan. 6, 1815; Abigail Plympton, Feb. 
5, 1819; Nancy A., June 5, 1821 ; Susan M., Aug. 10, 1823. 

GARFIELD, NATHAN (s. of Abijah) m. Emilv, D. of 
Caleb Chase of Sutton, and d. June 28, 1831, aged 34. Chil. 
Emily Arclelia, b. Dec. 3, 1826, and m. Addison Eaton of Sut- 
ton ; Salina Ann, Aug, 2, 1827. His wid., Emily, m. Nahum 
Roland Hapgood. 

GARFIELD, JONAS, (s. of Abijah) whose wife was Rhoda, 
had Lydia Orilia, b. Feb. 12, 1834, and Nathan Baldivin, 
Jan. 12, 1836. 



This name is sometimes written Gaffield. 

It seems to be understood by some, but whether from records or tradition 1 do 
not learn, that John and Ebenezer Garfield were brothers and sons of Ebenezer, 
from fc^.ngland. JVeiiher the town nor chh. records here furnish any evidence of an 
EOenezer Garfield having been here prior to Ebenezer, son of Daniel. It is said, 
those of that name, who first settled here, came from Wateitown. I cannot find 
one of the name of Ebenezer. in the records of any town in Middlesex Co., and 
[ have copies of them, from 1630 to a late period, in 41 towns. It appears certain 
that Ebenezer, who d. here in 1799, aged 77, was son of Daniel, who was here as 
soon, at least, as 1728, and b. in 1688, probably in Watertown. Daniel may ha.ve 
been the son of Benjamin, by his second wife, Elizabeth Bridge, whom he there m. 
Jan 17, 1677. Their chil. were, Elizabeth, b. in 1679; Thomas, in 16S0; Anna, in 
1683, and Mehiiable, in 1687. This does not reach Daniel, but it comes near to 
the period of his birth. He may have been their next child, but 1 do not find his 
birth. At that time, Samuel and Joseph Garfield were in Watertown, having fam- 
ilies; probably brothers of Benjamin. Samuel, whose wife was Mary, had Eliza- 
beth, b. in 1658; John, in 1664; Ruth, in 1666; Lydia, in 1668; Daniel, in 1670, 
who d. in I6S3; Mary, in 1673. and Elizabeth, in 1676. The father of these chil- 
dren d. in 1684. Joseph, (brother of Samuel) whose wife was Sarah, had Edward, 
b. in 1664; Sarah, in 1673; Jerusha, in 1677; Rebecca, in 1683; and Grace, in 
1688 Benjamin, Samuel and Joseph were probably sons of Edward, of Water- 
town, who was made freeman in 1635, and whose wife was Rebecca. She d. in 
1G61, aged 65. They were from England. Their D., Rebecca, b. March 18, 1640, 
«n. Isaac Mixer, in Watertown, Jan. 10, 16C0, some of whose descendants settled 
here. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 293 

GOODENOW, DAVID was living on house lot, No. 2, in 
1728. Chil. Timothy, b. Aug. 7, 1728; Sarah, May 11, 
1730, and Dinah, March 14, 1732. The name of his wife is 
not on the records of births, but beheved to have been Dorothy, 
a second wife,* 

GOODENOW, THOMAS, (sup. came from Westboro', and 
to have been b. in 1738, and s. of Tliomas, whose wife was 
Persis Rice. The latter Thomas was son of Samuel and Sarah, 
and b. in Marlboro', in 1709) whose wife was Abigail, had Thomas, 
b. Oct, 21, 1770; Perly, bap. April 28, 1776, and d. infant; 
Ferly, bap. April 12, 1778. 

GOODENOW, LEVI (sup. from Westboro', and to have 
been b. in 1737, and s. of Jonathan and Lydia) m. Meliscent, 
D. of James Keyes, June 8, 1762. Chil. Elmer, b. Jan. 27, 
1761. It appears by the record of his baptism, that the parents 
were, in 1765, in covenant relation with the chh. in Marlboro'; 
James Keyes, bap. April 19, 1767; Jonas, bap. Oct. 2.5, 1768. 

GOODENOW, JONAS, afterwards Deacon, and s. of Peter, 
m. Mary, D. of Nathaniel Davenport, Jan. 29, 1767. Chil. 
Elijah, who d. in N. H. ; Mel Moore, U. May 28, 1769, and 
m. Amelia (Anjitia, on the record) Fassett, April 5, 1790 ; J\a- 
thaniel, Nov. 20, 1771 ; Mary, Oct. 9, 1773, and d. in N. H. ; 
Jonas, Jan. 6, 1776, and d. Jan. 27, 1783; Dorothy, Feb. 24, 
1773; Jedediah, May 6, 1780, and d. in Pennsylvania; Lucy, 
Jan. 3, 1783, and d. in Ohio; Jonas. Feb. 11, 1785 ; Tamar, 
who was recently living in Ohio, and Joseph, sup. murdered in 
Illinois. 



* His first wife is sup. to have been Din.ih Fny of Westboro', whom he m. IVov. 
8, 1722, and had Samuel b. in Marlboro', in 1723; if so, he was the son of Samuel, 
and b. in 1G78. His father (b. in Sudbury in 164^5, of Thomas and Jane) d. Aug. 2, 
1723, aged 79. There were several families of this name, who were early settlers 
ia iMarlboro', from Sudbury. 



294 FAMILY REGISTER. 

GOODENOW, RUFUS E. (from Boylston) m. Mary Al- 
mira, D of Eddy Tucker. Chil. Martha Missouri, b. June 30, 
1838; Marcus Morton, Feb. 5, 1840. 

James Goodenovv m. Elizabeth Ciossett, July 4, 1763. 

Jonathan Goodenow m. Eunice Hastings of Lancaster, May 
6, 1761. 

Mitte Goodenow m. King Howe, in 1785. 

GOODALE, EDWARD (s. of Benjamin, of Marlboro') b. 
1715, and whose wife was Sarah, d. in 1760. Chil. Moses, b. 
Sept. 9, 1739; Elizabeth, March 13, 1741, and m. Robert 
Smith of Worcester, Dec. 16, 1767; Peter, Feb. 1, 1745, and 
d. infant; Pmil, March 9, 1747 ; Feter, Dec. 12, 1751. 

The name of Goodale, many years since, was written Good- 
all, and, sometimes, Goodell. 

GOODALE, ENOS m. Mnry Angier, in Marlboro', Nov. 
16, 1736, and came here from Marlboro', where the births of 
his three first children are recorded, viz : Sarah, b. in 1737; 
Ebenezer, in 1739, and Mary, in 1741, and m. William Brewer, 
Jr., Nov. 22, 1764. The following are recorded here, viz : 
E^reHfc?, b. Sept. 8, 1743; Enos, March 28, 1746; Miriam, 
March 3, 1748, and m. Ebenezer Drury, Jr. of Temple, N. H , 
in 1768; Persis, June 19, 1750; Elijah, Oct. 20, 1753, and 
who, it is said, with some others of the family, removed with their 
fother to N. H. 

GOODALE, AARON m. Eunice Marshall of HoJden, in 
1767. Chil. Eunice, b. Jan. 20, 1769; Lois, Nov. 8, 1770; 
Echvard, June 22, 1772; Sarah, Dec. 30, 1773; Elizabeth, 
Aug. 18, 1775; Lucy, June 11, 1777 ; Aaron, May 8, 1781 ; 
Hannah, Oct. 18, 1782; Abel, Jan. 1, 1785. 

GOODALE, DAVID, (sup. s. of Nathan, and g. s. of John, 
of Marlboro') b. 1749, and whose wife was Dorothy, had David, 
b. Sept. 10, 1775; Dorothy, Sept. 10, 1777; Ezekiel, Sept„ 
24, 1780; Azubah Newton, Oct. 16, 1782. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 295 

GOODALE, PETER (s. of Edward) m. Abigail, D. of 
Benjamin Hnids, March 9, 1775. Child, Elizabeth, b. Dec. 23, 
1775. 

GREEN, THOMAS, (perhaps from Maiden) whose wife 
was Mary, was an early settler in this township ; she was ad. to 
the chh. here in 1 728. In what part of the town he lived is 
unknown. Chil,, whose births are on record here, William, b. 
Feb. 16, 1722; Thomas, March 10, 1724, and bap. here in 
1725; John, March 2, 1726; Hannah, July 8, 1728; Sarah, 
Jan. 31, 1731. He probably removed to Hardvvick, as, in 1753, 
his wife, Mary, was dismissed from here to the chh. there. 

GREEN, JACOB (probably a bro. of Thomas) was also 
among the first settlers here, and living on house lot. No. 9, in 
1729; his wife was Elizabeih ; he came here, no doubt, with a 
family. Chil. William, b. May 11, 1716; Elizabeth, Sept. 6, 
1718; Mary, July 26, 1720; Samuel, March 1, 1723; David, 
March 2, 1725, and bap. 1726; Abigail, b. July 11, 1727; 
Benjamin, July 6, 1729; Jonathan, Dec. 25, 1730. 

Abigail Green, perhaps sister of Jacob, was ad. to this chh. in 
1727. 

GREEN, JONATHAN, whose wife was Sybil, had Nathan, 
b. Feb. 15, 1745, and Elizabeth, July 16, 1747. 

GREEN, JONATHAN, (whether the same as above, having 
a second wife, is not known) whose wife was Dorcas, had Dor- 
cas, b. May 15, 1768. Perhaps he was the s. of Jacob. 

GREEN. JOHN m. Abigail Barns, (called of this town) 
April 29, 1798; she was ad. to the chh. here in 1798. Chil. 
John A'Jams, b;ip. July 7, 1799; William, bap. April 5. 1801. 
He probably removed to Wrentham, as his wife was dismissed 
from this chh. to the chh. there, in 1803. 



296 FAMILY REGISTER. 

GREEN, NATHANIEL (from Pepperell) m. Lucy, D. of 
Jonathan Stone, in 179^. Chil. Nathaniel, the only one, whose 
birth was on the town record in 1846, b. Aug. 31, 1792, went 
to IMaine, and m. there; Emerson, who was killed in Wisconsin, 
by the Indians, in the Black Hawk war ; Luther Dexter _ who 
m. Susan Goddard of Worcester, in ]S-.^1; Lucy, who m. Jo- 
seph H. Whitney, Jan. 5, 1817; Hannah; Levi; William 
Adams, who m. Adaline Whipple of Boylston ; she d. Nov. 23, 
1840, aged 32 ; his second wife was Goodenow of Boyls- 
ton ; Cherry Maria, who m. Almon Allen of Princeton, and 
next, Capt. Leander Fales; Charles Otis. Perhaps all are not 
named here, and, it may be, these are not in their order. 

GREEN, LEVI (s. of Nathaniel) m. Mary, D. of Shepard 
Pratt, May 11, 1825. Chil. (only one on record in 1840) Em- 
erson v., b. Feb. 9, 1826. 

GREEN, CHARLES OTIS (s. of Nathaniel) m. Caroline 
Knowlton of Holden. Chil. Charles Otis, b. May 18, 1841; 
Maria Allen, b. Sept. 24, 1842. 

GREEN, SAMUEL (s. of Dr. Green of Concord, N. H.) 
m. Fanny Harwood, D. of the second wife of Daniel Goddard, 
Sen., in 1S03. Chil. Mary Ehly, b. Dec. 4, 1803; Samuel 
Ayres, Nov. 21, 1805; William Henry, Aug. 31, 1808; 
Charles Thomas, bap. Sept. 15, ISll. Removed to N. Y. 
about 1813. 

GLAZIER, JOSEPH m. Eunice Newton, in the N. P., 
Oct. 15, 1744. Chil. Eunice, b. Aug. 18, 1745, and d. in 
1746; Persis, April 7, 1747 ; Aaron, Nov. 3, 1748, and d. in 
1749; Eunice, March 13, 1750; Levinah, May 9, 1152; Olive, 
Oct. 18, 1754; Aaron, Aug. 4, 1756; Calvin, March 18, 
1759; Sophia, Sept. 25, 1761 ; Candace, May 29, 1764; Eli- 
akim, Dec, 1766. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 297 

GLAZIER, JOHN, whose wife was Sarah, D. of Isaac 
Temple, and m. Oct. 21, 1765, had Smyrna, b. March 5, 1767. 

GLAZIER, CALVIN (s. of Joseph) m. Lydla Peirce of 
Worcester, in 1780. Chil. &U'e//, b. July 1, 1732, and Emtry, 
April 28, 1783. 

Jacob Glazier m. Mary Whitcomb of Sterling, in 1782. 

Oliver Glazier was pub. to Kacliel. D. of Stephen Hastings, 
March 11, 1785. 

The Glazier families lived in the N. P. 

GALE, JONATHAN m. Margaret, D. of William Craw- 
ford, March 10, 1757. Chil. Ahigail, b. Feb. 9, 1753. and m. 
Joshua Siiles of Princeton, in 1781 ; jE/i, June 3, 1760; Jonas, 
Sept. 26, 1762; Rhoda^ Nov. 26, 1764 ; John and Elizabeth, 
July 31, 1767. 

GALE, ABRAHAM m. Abigail Rice of Worcester, in 
1769. C\\\\. Mnry, Feb. 7, 1773, and JoAn, April 6,1774. 
Removed, probably, to Princeton. 

GOULDING, ABEL, probably from Worcester,* m. Kezia 
Johnson of Southboro*, May 9, 1769. Such is the Middlesex 
Co. record. Perhaps an error in transcribing, and should be 
1767. He lived on the south side of the old post road, near 
the entrance of the road to Holden. When he came here is un- 
certain, but probably with a family, as the birtlis of his children, 
except the last, appear to have been entered on the record here, 
at one and the same time, and are as follows, viz: Abigail, b. 
Jan. 9, 1769; Falmcr, April 10, 1770; Lydia, April 10, 1772, 
and m. John Baker, in 1793; L cy, Jan. 13, 1774, and m. 
John Miller of Wcsttninsier, June 12, 1799; Martha, March 
11, 1777, and m. William Rice of Worcester, in 1799; Zilpah, 



* Whrre was Ppter Gouldingr in 1C84, and Pnlmer Goulding in 1718 William 
Golding wns in Boston in IG46. l'erha|)R Goulding was originall}' Golding 3 ii' so, 
how u came there is matter for coojecture. 

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298 FAMILY REGISTElt 

March n, 17S0; Palmer, Oct. 26, 1784; Vlclaty, June 1 Ij- 
1787; Bdief, Jax). 16, 1789, and in. Charles Taylor Fay, in 
I8l2 ; John, Dec. 22, 1791. His wife, KeziH, it is said, d. m 
1805, aged abnutoG. In 1806, he ni. Elizabeth Foster, a widow, 
of Berlin, and d. Dec. 6, 1817, aged 79. His is the only death 
in the family that is found on record. His wid., Elizabeth, m. 
Jed. Tucker, March 9, 1824. 

GATES, HEZEKIAH, who was on house lot, No. 29, in 
17-34, probably removed to Lancaster. There is nothing on re- 
cord here relating to a single individual of his family. 

GOSS, REUBEN, from Westboro', m, Martha Drury, here, 
Sept. 10, 1 704, and lived, probably, in the N. P. Chil. Calvin, 
b. Dec. 31, 1764; Mnry, Oct 3, 1766; William, Oct. 21, 
1768 ; Lois. O -t. 30, 1770 ; Ohio, Jan. 22, 1774 ; John, Jair. 
29, 1779; Lucy, Oct. 4, 1781 ; Anna, May 9, 1784. 

William Goss m. Elizabeth Pike, Nov. 8, 1759, both called 
of this town. 

GLEASON, THOMAS, the name of his wife not on record, 
had Susanna and haachap. here, April 18, 1725. Tie parents 
owned the covenant at that time. Nothing more is known cf 
him, 

GLEASON, ISAAC, whose wife was Mary, had Elizaheth, 
b. at Cambiidge, Oct. 20, 1757 ; Eliab, here, Nov. 19, 1759 J 
Winsor, Feb. 18, 1 762. Removed, suj)., to Worcester. 

GRIMES, ANDREW, who wa? of Lancaster, m. Elizabeth 
Hagar, Oct. 26, 1775. Chil. Josc.yh, b. IMarcli I, 1776; An- 
dreiv, Oc[. 1, 1777; James, Feb. 12, 1779; John, May 5, 
1780; ^sa, Sept. 26, 1781. 

GRAVES, CRISPUS m. Sarah. D. of Joseph Muzzy, Dec. 
8, 1790. Child, Zachariah, bap. June 30, 1793. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 299 

Sarah Grnves m. Amos Rice of ISorihboro', May 8, 1766. 
He was father of Asaj)li Rice, of that town. 

CathariHe Graves was pub. to Daniel Tombs, both called of 
this town, Aug. 21, 1773 ; n. g. ; she fcrbade the banns, saying, 
what had been done was witiiout her consent or knowledge. 

GODFREY, DANIEL (Goodfrey on the record, natne of 
iiis wife unknown) had Daniel, bap. Jan. G, 178:2; Anna, bap. 
May 25, 1783. 

GRAY, SAMUEL, who m. Lnry, D. of Stephen Johnson, 
April I:}, 1815; came here from Westboro', about 1821. She 
d. Feb 20, 1S2-2, aged 26. His second wife was Mary M. Da- 
venport, a widow, o(" West Boylsion, whom he m, Feb 9, 1824. 
She d. July % 1825, aged 38. His third wife was Martha R. 
Erwin, a vvid., whom he m. Oct. 16, 1826. 

flEYWOOD, PHINEAS* (s. of Deacon John) was b. in 
Concord, July 18, 1707, and came here with a family about 
1739; his wife was Elizabeth. He lived in the N. VV. part of 
the town, where liis descendants yet reside. He d. Marcli 20, 
1776, a!i;ed 69, and his wid., Elizabeth, June 2, 1797, aged 86. 
Ciiil. Mary, who m. Samuel Jennison in 1755; Seth ; Timothy, 
tlie first recorded here, b. Feb. 12, 1740; Keziah, k^xW 30, 



* He was Selectman. Rep.. &c., and one of fifteen Grand Jurors, who, in April, 
1774, refused, and, in a writing by them signed and presented to the Atsociate Jus- 
tices of the .S. J. Court at Worcester, protested against being empani lied, if 
Chief Justice Oliver should be present on the bench ; " because (said they) we ap- 
prehend it would be hij;;hly injurious to subject a fellow countrj man to a tiial al a 
bar, where one of the Judges is convicted, in the minds of the people, of a crime, 
more heinous, in all probability, than any that might come before him." The (.ro- 
test was publicly read by the Clerk ; the Court (four Judges then on the bench) 
deliberated, and, at length, informed the jury, that it was not prol);ible that the 
Chief Justice would attend to take his scat. They retired and consulted, and. after 
some delay, returned and were empannelled. The Chief Justice did not appear 
at Court. His " cri;ne" was political-, he carried matters with a high hand, and 
for a short lime, buttetted the tempest he had helped to raise. The other Judges, 
in the meantime, were conciliatory. 

Ho was also one of the town's Committee of Correspondence in 1774 and 1773, 
but lived only to enter upon that perilous couteat that soon after followed. 



300 FAMILY REGISTER. 

1742, and m. Bezaleel Howe of Marlboro', in 1774 ; PhineaSf 
July 29, 1744; Benjamin, Oct. 25, 1746; Nathaniel^ bap. 
Nov. 13. 1748; JoA/j, bap. May 5, 1751, and d. in 1756; Ltvi, 
b. M ly 12, 1753, and settled in Gardner, where he liad Levi, 
afterwards Counsellor at Law in Worcester, who there m. Nancy 
Healey. 

HEYWOOD, SETH (s. sup. of Phineas) m. Martha, D. of 
Isaac Temple, Aug. 24, 1762. ChW. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 27, 
1762; John, Dec. 8, 1764. 

Deborah Heywood in. David Bigelow of Worcester in 1763. 

HEYWOOD, PHINEAS, Jr, (s. of Phineas) m. Kezia, D. 
of Jabez Snow of Westboro', May 19, 1772. She d. Feb. 20, 
1775. Child, Kezia, h. Sept. 21, 1773. He next m. Persis, 
D. of Bezaleel Eager of Northboro', and G. D. of Col. Nahum 
Ward. March 18, 1777. 

HEYWOOD, Hon. BENJAMIN (s. of Phineas, Sen.) 
H. U., 1775; in 1776, appointed Captain, and served through 
the war ; was at the capture of Burgoyne, he. ; settled in Wor- 
cester, and, from 1802 to 181 1, a Judge of the Court of Com- 
mon Pleas. He m. Mehitable, D. of Elisha Goddard of Sulton, 
and d. in Worcester, Dec. 6, 1816, aged 70. Chil. Mehitable; 
Nathaniel Moore, b. in 1788, m. Caroline Sumner of Bosion, in 
1816, and d. at Richmond, Va. ; Elizabeth; Benjamin Frank- 
lin, who m. Nancy, D. of Dr. John Green of Worcester; Jb- 
sej)h, Lucy, and Nancy. 

HEYWOOD, NATHANIEL (s. of Phineas, Sen.) m. 
Hannah Curtis of Worcester, and lived on the homestead, where 
his wife, H mnah d. March 25, 1792, aged 35. Chil. L^vi, b. 
Sept. 22, 1777, and d, Sept. 17, 1804; Nathaid, L Fth. 6, 
1780, and d. Oct. 7, 1833; Benjamin, March 29, 1782 ; John, 
Aug. 24, 17S4; Phineas, May 4, 1788; Daniel, Nov. 17, 
1790, and d. Dec. 20, 1802. His second wife was Mary 



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Chamberlain of Worcester, whom he m. July 1, 1793 ; she d. 
Nov. 21, 1802, aged 39, and he, INov. 18, 1834, aged 86. 
Chil. Hannah, b. Feb. 9, 1794; Daniel, xMarch 9, 1796; Ma- 
rietta, March 9, 1802, and m. Ehjah Stow of Grafton, Jan. 1, 
1828. 

HEYWOOD, PHINEAS (s. of Nathaniel) m. Alice, D. of 
Capt. Seth Pratt; she d. in 1812, aged 21. 

HEYWOOD, DANIEL (s. of Nathaniel) m. Maria Brooks 
of Princeton, in 1824. Chil. John Brooks, b. Aug. S, 1825; 
George Chamberlain, June 18, 1827, and d. young ; Charles 
Leland, Oct. 21, 1828; George C, June 17, \ 832 ; Edwin C, 
Sept. 27, 1836 ; Henry Adams, June 23, 1842. 

HASTINGS, DANIEL,* from Watertown, where he m. 
Sarah Ball, Aug. 5, 1724', was on house lot No. 41, in 1729; 
she was ad. to chh. here in 1736. He d. July 4, 1777 ; age 
unknown. Chil. Hannah, b. July 26, 1729, and d. Nov. 15, 



* "John Hastings (says Farmer) from England, with two sons, Walter and Samuel, 
b. there, was in Braintree, freeman, 1645; where two others, John and Seaborn, 
were bap., and removed to Cambridge in 1636." Probably he is the one who d. in 
Cam. in 1637, and may have been bro. of Thomas, of Watertown — Waiter m. Sarah 
Meen in 1635, and had John in 1660, and Jonathan in 1672. and others, who d. 
young. Samuel m. Mary Meen in 1661, and had Mary, b. in 1662 ; John, 1664 ; 
Samuel, 1668; Stephen, 1669; Nathaniel, 1673; Daniel, 1675, and d. 1676; Caleb, 
1677. Stephen, above named, d. in Cam. Sept. 24, 1726, aged 59. 

John, 3d son, m. Hannah Moore in Cam, in 1666, and had John, b. 1667; the 
mother d. that year ; his 2d wife was Lydia Champney, whom he m. there in 1668, 
and had Joseph, b. in 1669, and Daniel, in 1677; the mother d. in 1691, aged 48; 
John, his son, d. in 1691, aged 25. 

"Thomas Hastings, (says Farmer) freeman, 1635, was Deacon of the chh. in 
Watertown." The first I find of the name in Mid. Co. Rec. as being in Water- 
town, is Thomas, whose wife was .Margaret; they had Joseph b. therein 1637; 
Benjamin, in 1639; Nathaniel, 1661; Samuel, in 1665; and perhaps others. Ruth, 
the first wife of his son Joseph, d. there in 1682, who there m. Martha Shepard, 
in 1634. 

The following were no doubt descendants of John or Thomas ; the ancestors of 
those, who settled in Shrewsbury. John, who m, Abigail Hammond in Newton, in 
1679. Thomas, who m. Abigail Tarbell, in Watertown, in 1693. John, who m. 
Mercy or Mary Ward in Wewton, in 1723. Benjamin, who m. Abigail Sawtel in 
Watertown, in 1743. 



302 FAMILY REGISTER, 

1736 ; Daniel, July 5, 1732 ; Elizabeth, bap. in 1734, and d. 
in 1736; John, Nov. 3, 1735, and d. Oct. 11, 1736; Eliza- 
beth, Nov. 11, 1736; JoA/i, Aug. 27, 1737 ; DaiiJ, Jan. 19 
1740; Hannah, A\n\\ 14, 1742, and ai. Solouion Newton, in 
1762 ; and probably Stepheji and Sarah, b. before the parents 
came here ; the latter m. Samuel Holland, May 9, 1745. 

HASTINGS, STEPHEN (s. sup. of Daniel) m. Martha 
Walker, June 16, 1757. Chil. Rachel, b. Aug. 21, 1764, and 
m. Olver Glazier, in 1785 ; Thnothy, May 1, 1773, and d. in- 
fant ; Sarah, Sept. — , 1775; Martha, April 9, i"478. 

HASTINGS, DANIEL, Jr. (s. of Daniel) m. Priscilla, D. 
of Henry Keyes, Aug. 16, 1753. Child, Ruth, b. Jan. 2, 1754 ; 
removed, sup. to Petersham. 

HASTINGS, JOHN (s. of Daniel) m. Elizabeth Howe of 
Lancaster, May 25, 1762 ; lived in the N. P. and d., it is said, 
in Boylston. Chil. Eliakim, b. Feb. 7, 1763 ; Elizabeth, April 
19, 1765, and m. David Fay ; John, May 3, 1768; Stephen, 
Sept. 21, 1771 ; Alice, July 29, 1776 ; Reuben, Jan. 15, 1784, 

HASTINGS, DAVID (s. of Daniel) m. Dinah Williams in 
1765, and d. in Boylston. Chil. Abigail, b. May 20, 1766; 
Benjamin, May 9, 1768 ; David, July 9, 1770, and m. Eliza- 
beth, D. of Joseph Eager ; Susanna, Nov. 3, 1772 ; Nathan, 
May 1, 1776, and d. infant; Nathan, March 24, 1778; Lucy, 
Feb. 21, 1783. 

HASTINGS, ELIAKIM (s. of John) m. Patience Moore, 
or Morse, in 1782. Chil. Patience, b. Oct. 31, 1782; Elia- 
kim, Sept. 21, 1784. 

Of the six next following heads of families of this name I 
know not whose sons they were. 

HASTINGS, NATHANIEL, the name of whose wife is not 
on record, had Jonathan, bap. here, Oct. 28, 1744. 



FAMILY REGISTER. S03 

HASTINGS, SAMUEL, m. Anna, D. of Capt. Jos. Bige- 
low, Oct. '2G, 1757. Child, Stephen, b. Jan. 5, 17.58. 

HASTINGS, NATHAN, m. Lois Rice of Worcester, in 
1767. Chil. Mary, b. Dec. 12, 1768 ; Benjamin, bap. Sept. 
1, 1770. 

HASTINGS, NATHANIEL, whose wife's name is not on 
record, had Mary, bap. Jan. 29, 1769 ; the parents at that time 
owned the covenant. 

HASTINGS, iMOSES, said to have been of Brookfield, m. 
Abigail, D. of VVilham Taylor, April 25, 1739 ; she was ad. to 
the clih. in 1742. He sold his farm to Col. Nahum Ward about 
1745, who, in 17.51, conveyed it to his son, Artemas, who sold it 
to the Rev. Mr. Sumner, who resided there through life. Chil. 
Rebecca, b. Dec. 20, 1739; Catharine, Jan. 10, 1741 ; Bulah, 
Jan. 17, 1747 ; Neverson, April 19, 1749. The father d. June 
10, 1767, aged 62; his wid. Abigail, m. Samuel Bigelow, May 
7, 1770. 

HASTINGS, JOSEPH, of W^altham, m. Hannah Hastings 
of Watertown, July 10, 1744; when he settled here does not 
appear. She was ad. to the chh. here, from that in Watertown, 
in 1772 ; and he from tlie chh. in Waltham, in 1775. Some of 
their first chil. have not their births recorded here, viz. Hannah, 
who m. William Knowlton in 1764; and Joseph. The follow- 
ing are on record here: Isaac, b. April 5, 1751, and sup. went 
to Gerry, now Pliillip^ton ; Martha, April 10, 1753, and m. 
Elij;il) Southgate of Leicester, Jan. 19, 1774 ; Jonas, Sept. 23, 
1755; Ezra, bap. Dec. 1759, and m. Rachel Garfield, April 
29, 1779 ; Ruth, bap. March 20, 1763, and m. John Brocas, in 
1784 ; Lydia, bap. March 20, 1763. and m. Elmer Gushing, in 
1783. This family resided where Capt. Daniel Fales now lives. 
Joseph Hastings, the father, in the latter part of his life, was very 
deaf; when at meeting, on the Sabbath, he sat in the pulpit, 



304 FAMILY REGISTEE. 

using an ear trumpet, that extended near to the preacher's mouth. 
He d. Feb. 1, 1805, aged 83, and his wid. Hannah, March 26, 
1808, aged 84. 

HASTINGS, JONATHAN, (s. of Nathaniel) m. Mary 
Fay of Northboro', lived in Boylston, and had chil., Fay, Jon- 
athan, Luther, John and Mary. 

HASTINGS, JOSEPH, Jr. (s. of Joseph) m. Catharine 
Joslin of Westboro', Nov. 15, 1770 ; both ad. to the chh. here 
1783. No names of children on record. He d. July 13, 1796, 
aged 47 ; his wid. Catharine, m. Joseph Whipple of Grafton, 
Oct. 15, 1797, survived him, and d. here Dec. 29, 1840, aged 91. 

HASTINGS, JONAS (s. of Joseph) m. Lucy, D. of Daniel 
Johnson, May 24, 1781, and d. Sept. 1846, aged 91 ; his wife, 
Lucy, d. May 4, 1826, aged 72. Chil. Riifus, b, March 8, 
1782, and d. unm. in Charlton ; John Holland, May 11, 1784, 
and d. May 5, 1799; Lyman, May 1, 1786, and d. unm. Nov. 
20, 1822 ; Jonas, Aug. 11, 1788, and d. unm. Dec. 28, 1828 ; 
Lucy, April 11, 1791 ; Ruth, Nov. 17, 1793, and d. Sept. 2, 
1796 ; Joseph Southgaie, June 8, 1796, and m. Joanna New- 
ton, of Westboro' ; John Holland, May 5, 1799, and d. young. 

HALL, THOMAS, whose wife was Abigail, came here from 
Marlboro' ; he had previously lived in Concord. It appears by 
the records in Marlboro', that he had a family of children when 
he left there, viz : Abigail, b. in 1711, at Concord ; John, in 
1714 ; Thomas, in 1716, and David, in 1718, in Marlboro'. 
He was one of the founders of the chh. here, and was living on 
house lot No. 23, in 1729. His chil. b. here were Jonathan, 
May 12, 1721 ; Benajah, March 10, 1724, and Elizabeth, Nov. 
12, 1727. The parents were dismissed to the chh. in Dudley, 
in 1735. 

HALL, JAMES, m. Silence, D. of Hollis Parker, Oct. 11, 
181 1 J she d. April 20, 1832, aged 45. About the year 1828, 



FAMILY REGISTER. g05 

lie fell from near the top of the spire upon the roof of a lueet- 
ing house he was building in Sutton, and so indented it, by break- 
ing one of the rafters, as to obtain a lodgment there, until relieved ; 
he was not sensibly injured, but soon went about his work. It is 
said he fell some years after from another building and broke his 
neck. Chil. Sai-ah Z., b. Oct. 2, 1313; Louisa Amrustu, June 
2S, I8I5 ; Jomes Munroe, July 22, 1817 ; Anna Parker, Nov. 

13, 1819; Met rt/ Jane, Dec. 8, 1821 ; William Eustis, April 
2G, 1824; Silence Maria, April IG, 1S32, 

HALL, JOSLVIl, whose wife's name is not on record, had 
Isaac, bap. May 14, 1730. 

HINDS, JACOB, with a family, was from Marlboro', where 
he m. Grace Morse, Dec. 6, 1716. This name is written Ilins 
in the records there ; he was living on house lot No. 33, in 1729 ; 
his wife was ad. to the chh. here in 1723. Their chil. in Marl- 
boro' were Tabitha, b. in 1718, and d. infant; Sarah, in 1719; 
Abigail, in 1720, and pub. to Josiah Broad, of Holden, Dec. 
9, 1743 ; Daniel, in Shrewsbury, in 1723, and d. here, June 2, 
1740 ; Joseph, in 1724. Those on record here, were Benja- 
min, h. 3 u\y 1, \1 -20 ; Mart/, Aug. 13,1726; Tabitha, Nov. 

14, 1727; Jason, Dec. 8, 1728, and d. before 1751; David 
Child was his Administrator. Elizabeth, Jan. 22, 1730, and m. 
Ephraim Temple, May 25, 1752; Jacob, Jan. 22, 1731. 

HLNDS, BENJAMIN (s. of Jacob) m, Ehzabeth, D. of 
Isaac Temple, Oct. IS, 1747. Chil. Elizabeth, b. March 9, 
174S ; Daniel, April 27, 1749; Abner, Oct. 14, 1750; Abi- 
gail, July 14, 1752, and m. Peter Goodiile, in 1774 ; Benjamin, 
Aug. 29, 1754 ; Jason, Feb. 14, 1756 ; Nimrod, Jan. 22, 1753 ; 
Ashur, Sept. 11, 1759; Martha, Sept. 29, 17G0; and, sup. m. 
Oliver Sawyer, in 1785 ; Tabitha, March 2, 1762. 

HINDS, BENJAMIN, m. Tabitha, D. of Ephrain» Holland, 
July 1,176G; probably the preceding Benjamin, and Tabitha, 
his 2d wife. Clill. Jacob, b. July 21, 1767 ; Justin, March 28, 
1770; Joi-e^^A, July 4, 1772; Tabitha, Apnl 14, 177G. 
39 



306 FAMILY REGISTER. 

HAPGOOD, Capt. THOMAS (s. of Thomas,* of Marl- 
boro') m. Damaris Hutchins, in Marlboro', Aug. 12, 1724 ; he 
was then called of Shrevvsbmy. She was ad. to the chh. here 
in 172S ; her death is not on record. He d. Oct. 5, 1745, aged 
43. Chil. Ephraim, b. April 28, 1725, and d. Sept. 1, 1739 ; 
Solomon, Sept. 20, 1726, and d. July 20, 1740 ; Asa, Dec. 6, 
1728 ; Elijah, Jan. 16, 1731, and d. Oct. 5, 1745 ; Seth, Oct. 
20, 1732; Joab, Jan. 21, 1735; Damaris, March 12, 1737, 
and m. Gideon Howe, in 1756; John, Sept. 12, 1739; David, 
Feb. 2, 1742, and d. Oct. 20, 1745; Eunice, Aug. 17, 1744, 
and m. Ebenezer Hartshorne, of Athol, April 20, 1767. 

HAPGOOD, ASA (s. of Thomas) m. Anna, D. of Asa 
Bouker, Dec. 6, 1750. Chil. Lcvinah, b. Feb. 5, 1752; 
Thomas, March 22, 1753 ; Elizabeth, May 6, 1754. He re- 
moved to Reading, Vt., thence to Halifax, in that State. 

HAPGOOD, SETH (s. of Thomas) m. Lydia, D. of Asa 
Bouker, in 1757, and settled in Petersham. He was the father 
of the late Hutchins Hapgood, Esq., of that town, who was sev- 
eral years its Representative in the General Court. 

HAPGOOD, JOAB (s. of Thomas) m. Abigail, D. of Isaac 
Stone, June 20, 1765, and d. March 21, 1803, aged 68. His 



* He was b. Feb. 1, 1669 ; and, according to Marlboro' records, d. Oct. 4, 1764, 
having past his 95th year. 

Extract from an English publication of that period — "Died at Marlboro', in 
New England, in the 94-th year of his age, fllr. Thomas Hapgood. His posterity 
were very numerous ; viz. 9 children ; 92 grand children 5 208 great grand children, 
and 4 great great grand children; in all, 313. His children saw their grandchil- 
dren, and Iheir grandfather, at the same time." 

His wife was Judith, who d. Aug. 15, 1759 ; their " 9 children" were Mary, b. in 
1G94; Sarih, in 1G95; Elizabeth, in 1697; Thomas, 1702; Hepzibah, 1704; John, 
1707; Huidah, 1709; and Joseph, in 1714. His brother, Nathaniel, m. Elizabeth, 
D. of Samuel Ward, of Marlboro', 14, 6,1695, and lived in Stow. They were 
the sons of Shydrack Hapgood, who came from England, and m. Elizabeth Tread- 
way, of Sudi)ury, Oct. 21, 1664. He, and four others of a troop of about 20 men, 
from Concord and its vicinity, accompanying Capt. Hutchinson to treat with th« 
Indians at Quaboag, (Brookfield) were there suddenly shot down by the treacherous 
essemy, lurking in ambush, and killed on the spot, Aug. 2, 1675. 



FAMILY REGISTER. SQ7 

wid. Abigail, d. Nov. 28, 1804, aged 69. Chil. Lucy, b. June 
25, 176G, living (1847) and unm.; Ephraim, March 1, 1768; 
David, Nov. 25, 1769, and d. unm. Sept. 18, 1829; Nahum, 
Dec. 7, 1771, and d. Oct. 9, 1789; Elijah, Nov. 10, 1773; 
Stephen, Dec. 14, 1775, and d. Aug. 19, 1778; iViar^Aa, March 
Ij 1778, and d. infant. 

HAPGOOD, EPHRAIM (s. of Capt. Joab) m. Elizabeth 
Cunningham, D. of Silas Allen, Feb. 28, 1796, and d. Dec. 17, 
1843, aged 76, Chil. Martha, b. May 15, 1798, and m. Ben- 
jamin Flagg of Boylston ; they live on a portion of the farm on 
which her great grandfather, Thomas, first settled ; Simon Allen, 
Aug. 5, 1802, and d. Oct. 5, 1803 ; Lucy, April 27, 1805, and 
m. Washington Hill of Spencer, Jan. 23, 1834. 

HAPGOOD, ELIJAH (s. of Joab) m, Eunice, D. of Reu- 
ben Baker, Sept. 26, 1802. She d. Nov. 14, 1841, aged 60. 
Chil. Abigail, b. Oct. 7, 1803, and m. John Roper, Jr. of 
Princeton, Dec. 14, 1824, and d. there; Joab, Sept. 6, 1804; 
Lemuel Bemis, Oct. 12, 1805 ; Charlotte, Aug. 30, 1807 ; iVa- 
hum Roland, March 6, 1809, and m. Emily C, wid. of Nathan 
Garfield ; David Thomas, Jan. 19, 1813, and d, Aug. 9, 1843 ; 
Lorenzo, Nov. 9, 1815; Reuben Leander, July 10, 1817; 
Ephraim Augustine, Nov. 22, 1823, and m. Nancy Holmes of 
Grafton. 

HAPGOOD, JOAB (s. of Elijah) m. Elizabeth Eager of 
Northboro', in 1828. Chil. Abigail Marion, b. Aug. 27, 1829 
Charles Edward, Dec. 11, 1830; Susan Maria, Oct. 24, 1832 
Lucy Elizabeth, July 22, 1335; PValter Joab, June 25, 1839 
Mary Susan, July 15, 1841. 

HAPGOOD, LEMUEL BEMIS (s. of Elijah) m. Ama- 
zonia, D. of George Flagg of Holden. Chil. Martha Amanda, 
b. May 22, 1836 ; George Elijah, Jaa. 22, 1838. 



308 FAMILY REGISTER. 

HEM EN WAY, DANIEL,* sup. originally from Framing- 
liam, ra. Ruth Bigelow, (sister of SamtJei Bigelow, Sen.) June 
7, 1743. Boll) ad. to the chh. here from that in Mailhoro', in 
1750. She d. May 4, 1768, aged 49. Chil. Silas, b. April G, 
1744, not recorded here, but in Marlboro'; the following are on 
the town record here, viz: Daniel, June 24, 174-2, (so is the 
record, perhaps it should be 1748) m. Mary Carryl, Aug. 1, 
1770, and settled in liarre; Susanna, AprW 16, 1746, and m. 
Daniel Rand, Jr. in 1767; Asa, Sept, 8, 1750, and settled in 
Bridport, Vt. ; Jacob, March 5, 1753, m. Chloe Barrett, in 
1780, and, probably, Sarah Saddler of Grafton, Jan. 2.9, 1789, 
and removed to Shoreham, Vt. ; Samncl, Feb. 23, 1756 ; Jonas, 
Dec. 13, 1758; Vashni, Oct. 13, 1761. 

He next m. Elizabeth, D. of Zebediah Johnson, Dec. 1, 1768; 
she d. Oct. 23, 1782, aged 39*. Child, Philip, b. June 9, 
1776. He next m. in 1783, Abigail, wid. of Nahor Wlieelock, 
and d. Nov. 15, 1794, aged 75. 

HEMENWAY, SILAS (s. of Daniel) m. Mary, D. of 
Zachariah Smith, in 1766, and d. Aug. 12, 1830, aged 86 ; and 
bis wife, Mary, April 17, 1819, aged 70. Chil. Susanna, b. 
May 10, 17G7, and m. Joseph Stratlon Temple, in 1786; Ruthy 
Dec. 10, 1769, and m. Levi Jennison, in 1780; Mary, April 

* He framed the present meeting liouse in tliis town, the south one in Worces- 
ter, and that in iNortliboro', in which the Rev. Mr. VVIiitney long officiated, and 
many other public buildings; a warm patriot in the time ol' the Revolution ; one 
of the strong men of the town, and its Delegate in the Convention, that framed the 
Constitution of tliis Commonwealth. 

Ralph Hemenway, Ro.^burj-, freeman, ICil, d. in IGDD; had sons, John, b. 1C4I ; 
Jo:~hua, in IG-i3. Farmer. 

The next i find of the name, is Ralph, in Framingham, who there m. Sarah Ha- 
ven, Feb. 2, 1727. From Ralph, in Rn.xbury, no doubt, descended Daniel, who set- 
tled in Shrewsbury. Some of the following may have been his brothers. 

Samuel and Hannah Hemenway were m. March 24, 173G. 

Kbenczer Hemenway and Tamasin Wurse were m. Feb. 22, 1737. 

Jonathan Hemenway and Mary Foster were m. April 24, 1744. 

Joseph Hemenway and Mary Adams were m. July 4, 1743. 

Sylvanus Hemenway and Hepzibah Frost were m. March 22, 1750. 

John Hemenway and Mary Ran were m. J\ov. 2G, 1751. 

Isaac Hemenway and Elizabeth Haven were m. Nov. 28, 1754. 

All, with their wives, were of Framingham. 



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7, 1772, and m. Benjamin Miner of Bridport, Vt., Feb. 27, 
1793; Virtue, Jan. 23, 1775, and ni. Jonathan Wiiheiby, in 
1796; *SeM, March 8, 1779; Ethan, JNov. 19, 17S3, and d. 
Nov. 16, 1785. 

HEMENWAY, SAMUEL (s. of Dnniel) m. Maiil)a Sal- 
mon of Boston, in 1779. Chih Thomas Si/mms, b. Nov. 14, 
1779; Rebecca, Nov. 2G, 1781; Francis Salmon, Jan. 23, 
1784; Hannah Salter, June 4, 1786 ; Vashni, Nov. 28, 1788 ; 
Sarah, Jan. 23, 1791. He, wiili his family, removed lo 
Shoreham, Vt. 

HEMENWAY, JONAS (s. of Daniel) m. Sarnh, D. of 
Thomas Whitney, Feb. 28, 17S0, and d. March 12, J 627, aged 
68; his wid. Sarah, Sept. 8, 1827, aged 71. ChW. Lucy, b. 
May 8, 1780, and m. Asahel Allen, May 8, 1800; Ireiic, July 
23, 1784, and m. Noah Allen, Jan. J, 1804. 

HEMENWAY, VASHNI, Esq. (s. of Daniel) m. Sarah 
Heard, Feb. 4, 1792 ; she was then called of Lancaster, and ad. 
to the chh. here in 1797. He was much employed in town af- 
fairs, several years Rep., &.c., and d. Jan. 19, 1821, in his 60lh 
year. His wid. Sarah, d. at Worcester, Feb. 14, 1847, aged 81. 
(Her father was Edmund, whom. Sarah Willington of Waltham ; 
who was the son of Edmund, of Ipswich, who ni. Priscilla Has- 
kell, and was afterwards, 1762, settled in Holden.) Chil. Rob- 
ert Eddy, b. Aug. 15, 1796; Edivard Haidey, March 13, 
1798 ; Sarah Paine, Oct. 14, 1805, and m. Dr. William Work- 
man, Sept. 16, 1828, and removed to Worcester. 

HEMENWAY, ROBERT EDDY (s. of Vashni, Esq.) 
went to Providence, R. I., and there m. Eliza Jackson; they 
both deceased soon after, leaving one child, Elizabeth. 

HEMENWAY, PHILIP (s. of Daniel) m. Eunice, D. of 
Joseph Stone, June 22, 1802. Chil. Lewis Stone, bap. Dec. 
7, 1804; Eunice, bap, July 21, 1S05; Henry Hulbcrt, bap. 
Jan. 31, 1808. He removed with his family to Orwell, Vt. 



310 FAMILY REGISTER. 

HEMENWAY, Capt. SETH (s. of Silas) m. Martha, D. of 
Nathan Pratt, May )>!, 1800; she d. Sept. 24, 1831, aged b\. 
Chil. Silas, b. Aug. 2, ISOO; Lucy, June 19, 1803, and d. in- 
fant ; Levi Jciimson, July 1, 1805 ; Lucy, May 22, 1807, and 
m. Stillman Smith, in 1826 ; Anna, Oct. 2, 1809, and m. John 
Fessenden of Rutland, in IS31 ; Adaline, Dec. 15, 1813, and 
m. Silas Smith ; Levi Jennison, 1815. 

His second wife was Sarah Packard of Oakham. Child, Dexter. 

HEMENWAY, SILAS, (s. of Seth) whose wife was Susan 
of Framingham, had Susan Adaline Augusta, b. June 21, 



1828; and Silas Alonzo Augustus, Sept. 6, 1829; removed to 
Providence, R. I. 

HEMENWAY, LEVI J. (s. of Seth) m. Maria, D. of 
Capt. Thomas Harrington, Jr. Child, Frederick Augustus, b. 
Dec. 13, 1840. 

HEMENWAY, JOSIAH, from Framingham, whose wife 
was Nancy, had Adaline Keyes, b. Dec. 16, 1815; Julia Au- 
gusta, Oct. 18, 1817; and Eliza Ann, Sept. 29, 1820. 

HOWE, PHINEAS,* b. 1707, (s. of Josiah, and g. s. of 
John, first settler of Marlboro') m. Abigail Bennett, both then 



* The c final, in this name, is not found in the old records, but as it is in general 
use now, I shall supply it to all of the name in the text of whom 1 have occasion 
to speak. There were several persons of the name of How, in different parts of the 
colony, very soon after its settlement commenced. Who of them was the ancestor 
of Phineas and Daniel, who settled in Shrewsbury, I sup. to have been John ; who 
was in Sudbury as early as 1638. Fanner sa.y a, " John (How) Watertown, free- 
man, 1640. John, Sudbury, freeman, 1G40, and had sons, John, b. 1640; Samuel, 
b. 1642. When John first went, and where from, to Sudbury, is unknown ; he was 
one of 47, who shared in the division of Sudbury Meadows in 1638. His wife was 
Mary; other sous, Isaac, Josiah, Thomas, b. 1656, Daniel in 1658, and d. in Marl- 
boro', in 1661 ; all b. in Sudbury, as appears of record ; he had others in Marlboro'; 
for the grant of which township, he was, in 1656, one of the petitioners, to which 
place he removed from Sudbury, where he had been one of the Selectmen for sev- 
eral years, and d. 28, 3, 1C80 ; in the record of his death, he is called, " John How, 
Sen." It has been said, that John, of Marlboro', came there from Watertown. If he 
ever was of Watertown, he appears, at least, to have made a stop at Sudbury for 



FAMILY REGISTER. 311 

called of Shrewsbury, March 22, 1732, and both ad. to chh. 
here in that year; he lived in the N. P. Chil., not one on the 
town record ; Fhineas, bap. March 17, 1733; Bczaleel,hap. 
Feb. 24, 1735, and sup. m. Sarah Bigelow of Marlboro', Oct. 
8, 1759; Silas, bap. Feb. 13, 1737; Alngail,b^i. March 4, 
1739; Elizabeth, bap. April 13, 1740. 

HOWE, SILAS, perhaps s. of Gershom, and his wife, Han- 
nah Bouker of Marlboro'; if so, he was b. in 1727. He m. 
Bulah Leland of Marlboro', Nov. 22, 1749, and lived in t!ie 
N. P. Chil. Hannah, b. Dec. 10, 1750 ; and Isaac, Feb. 28, 
1753. 

Hannah Howe m. Eli Keyes in 1762. 

King How^e m. Mitte Goodenow in 1785. 

Abigail Howe m. Manassah Fairbank of Berlin in 1785. 

Elizabeth Howe m. Aaron Goddard of Bridport, Vt. in 1795, 
son of Rev. William Goddard of Westmoreland, N. H. 

HOWE, SILAS, (perhaps s. of Silas) whose wife was Abi- 
gail, lived in the N. P., and had Abraham, b. Jan. 12, 1782 ; 
the only one on record here; others said to be, Silas, Ephraim, 



8ome years. I have not yet been able to find a John How of or ever belonging to 
Waterlown; and therefore infer, that John, who, according to Farmer, was in 
Watertown, freeman, 1040, is the same, who was in Sudbury, freeman, 1G40. 

1 leave it, however, for others to settle ; this is not the place, if I had the time, 
to investigate the subject. Edward How was in W'ateriown, in 1C34, and n)ay have 
been a brother of John. John How, Jr., whose wife was Elizabeth, m. Jan. 22, 
1662, was killed by the Indians at Sudbury, 20, 2, 1675. Josiah, in. Mary Haynes 
of Sudbury, JNIay 18, 1671. Marlboro' soon became the hive of the Hows; their 
chil. were numerous, and, as many of them had the same Christian name, and were 
b. about the same time, it is not an easy matter at this period to trace them with 
accuracy through their several generations. 1 have the names and births of the 
children of 25 families of that name in Marlboro', averaging nine in a family. 
Phineas, above mentioned, I sup. was son of Josiah, who m. Sarah Biglo, 14, 10, 

1706, who was son of Josiah, who m. Mary Haynes in 1671; if so, he was b. in 

1707. Capt. Daniel How, who settled in Shrewsbury, I sup. to have been the son 
of Josiah How and Mary Haynes ; if so, lie was b. 5, 3, 1681 ; and this corresponds 
very nearly with his age at the time of his death. 

Having thus laid the foundation, [ proceed with the superstructure contained in 
the te^t. 



312 FAMILY REGISTER. 

John, Levi, Abigail, Persis and Tamar. Simeon, or Simon 
Howe, pub. ID Sarah Rice of Sterling, Sept. 6, 1784. 

As the above Howe families lived in the N. P., there is no 
record of them here after 1786, when that parish was incorpo- 
rated into a town, by the name of Boylston. 

HOWE, Capt. Daniel, (sup. son of Josiah) b. in 1681, m. 
Esther Cloyes, June 17, 17-25. They were then both called of 
this town ; she was probably from Framingham. She d. July 
27, 1759, aged 58; he was ad. to the chh. July 16, 1758, be- 
ing (say the records) " more than 70 years old ;" he d. Nov. 22, 
1768, aged, 87j. Chil. Daniel, bap. April 16, 1727 ; Jotham, 
b. Oct. 29, 1728; Nathan, June, 17, 1730; Gideon, March 
15, 1732 ; Lucy, May 6, 1736, and m. Daniel Smith, in 1758; 
Mary, Dec. 11, 17:38, and m. Dr. Edward Flint, in 1758; 
H'illiam, Feb. 14, 1734, a soldier in the revolu. and d. unm. 
March 23, 1813, aged 79. 

HOWE, DANIEL, Jr. (s. of Capt. Daniel,) m. Eunice, D. 
of WiHiain Taylor, June 10, 1748, and d. July 5, 1750, aged 
23 ; child, Jonah, b. Jan. 2, 1749. His wid., Eunice, m. Mar- 
shall Newton, in 1751. 

HOWE, JOTHAM (s. of Capt. Daniel) m. Priscilla, D. of 
Luke Rice, Jan. 3, 1753. She was ad. to chh. in 1759. Their 
deaths are not on record here; perhaps they removed from town. 
Chil. Alcan, b. Nov. 4, 1753; Lucy, Sept. 8, 1757, m. Lewis 
Smith in 17S2, and settled in Wardsboro', Vt.; Gardner, Nov. 
20, Mod, and m. Abigail, D. of Joseph Sherman, Jr., in 1789; 
Francis, June 15, 1762; Priscilla, Aug. 25, 1764, and m. Jo- 
seph Knowlton, Jr., in 1784; fValter, April 9, 1767; Jenney^ 
Nov. 11, 1769, and m. Aaron Smith, Jr., in 1794. 

HOWE, ALVAN (s. of Jotham) m. Mary Willington of 
Worcester, in 1779. ChW. Luciiid a, b. Dec. 7, 1779; Luke 
Rice, Dec. 12, 1781 ; Martin, March 23, 1784; Laiah, Feb. 
3, 1786; Leonard, Oct. 21, 1788; Ralph, bap. Nov. 29, 
1789; Elizabeth, bap. June 26, 1791. He removed to Spea- 
cer, with his familv. 



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HOWE, Capt. NATHAN (s. of Capt. Daniel) m. Hepzi- 
bah, D. of William Taylor, Nov. 10, 1748. He was an officer 
in the service at Lake George, in the French war, and aided in 
building fort William Henry; in 1776, he commanded a com- 
pany in throwing up works on Dorchester heights, during the 
night ; from an illness taken there he never recovered. His wife, 
Hepzibah, d. June, 1770, aged 36. Chil. Lois, h. March 2, 
1749, and m. Rev. Edward Goddard of Swansey, N. II., Nov. 
4, 1709; Daniel, Feb. 6, 1752; Candoce, Dec. 8, 1754, and 
m. Simeon Allen of Princeton, July 20, 1772 ; Vashti, Jan. 13, 
1757, and m. Jonathan Hubbard, in 1775; Nathan, Oct. 12, 
1762; Amasa, Nov. 24, 1760, and m. Sarah Peirce, Sept. 4, 
1786. The second wife of Capt. Nathan Howe was Zillah, D. 
of Eleazer Taylor, whom he m. in 1771, and d. March 21, 
1781, aged 59, 9 mos. Chil. Hiram, b. July 16, 1775, m. a 
Z). of David Hathan, of Boylston, and d. about 1830; Joel, 

Jan. 19, 1779, and m, Peirce of Boylston, and d. in 1843, 

aged 63. Zillah, the wid. of Capt. Nathan, m. Jonas Temple 
of Boylston, March 1, 1789. 

HOWE, GIDEON (s. of Capt. Daniel) m. Damaris, D. of 
Capt. Thomas Hapgood, Feb. 12, 1756, and lived on the place, 
now improved for the support of the town's poor. He d. Feb. 
8, 1815, aged 83 ; his wife's death is not on record. Chil. Lu" 
cretia, b. June 10, 1756, and m. Artemas Wheeler, in 1777 ; 
Solomon, Oct. 21, 1758, and m. Rebecca Jennison, in 1784; 
Esther, Sept. 1, 1760, and m. Reuben Holland, in 1784; 
Charlotte, May 6, 1762, and m. Reuben Baker, in 178 1 ; John 
Hapgood, Oct. 8, 1764; Damaris, Nov. 1, 1765, and m. Jo- 
seph B. Jennison, in 1792; Daniel, March 13, 1769; Alvan, 
May 12, 1772 ; Eunice, Nov. 15, 1774, and m. Joseph Cloyes, 
Sept, 24, 1797; Lyman, June 1, 1777; Relief, April 14, 
1734, and m. Dr. Seth Knowlton, in 1802. 

HOWE, JONAH, Esq. (s. of Daniel, Jr.) m. Prudence. D. 
of Asa Bouker, July 4, 1771. He probably did more town 
business, and was employed a greater number of years in the 
40 



314 FAMILY REGISTER. 

town's service, than any other individual, to the present day. 
He was Representative 17 years, 16 of them in succession, and 
a magistrate. In early life, he lived in the E. part of the town, 
between the houses of Elisha Davis and Silas Maynard, where 
most, if not all, of his chil. were b. ; the house has been re- 
moved many years since. He purchased, of Ebenezer Kings- 
bury, a place, a short distance west of the meeting house, and 
resided there until death. His wife, Prudence, d. May 14, 
1795, aged 44. Chil. Eunice, b. Oct. 4, 1771, and m. Lewis 
Hartshorne, May 27, 1790 ; Dennis, July 15, 1773; Charles, 
Aug. 14, 1774; Daniel, Oct. 15, 1775, and d. infant; William, 
Jan. 13, 1777, and d. at Demarara, before the year 1800; 
James, April 23, 1779, and d. at Staten Island, N. Y., in 1800; 
Eleanor, a twin with James, d. May 4, 1796; Daniel JSeivton, 
March 21, 1781, and d. Feb. 1795; Suhmit,hap. Oct. 6, 1782, 
and m, Edward Kingsbury of Brookfiekl, April 14, 1801; Asa 
Boukcr, b. 1784 ; and Benjamin Lincoln, April, 1787. 

He next m. Candace, D. of Simeon Allen of Princeton, June 
24, 1819, (her mother was D. of Nathan and Hepzibah Howe) 
and d. July 2, 1826, aged 77i. His wid. Candace, m. Ezra 
Newton of Princeton, Dec. 20, 1826. 

HOWE, NATHAN, Esq. (s. of Capt. Nathan) m. Mary, 
D. of Simon Parker, Feb. 13, 1783. Rep. and many years 
one of the Selectmen. His wife, Mary, d. Aug. 24, 1843, aged 
80 ; he survives, Chil. Lucy, b. Dec. 12, 1783, and m. John 
Bannister of Boylston ; Martha, Sept. 15, 1785, and m. John 
Eager, Feb. 28, 1808; William Taylor, Aug. 24, 1787, went 
to Ohio and m. there; Calvin, May 14, 1789 ; Mary, Sept. 29, 
1791, and m. March 17, 1816, Col. Joseph Hall of Camden, 
Me., Member of Congress, and now. Navy Agent for the District 
of Boston and Charlestown. She d. at Camden, July 23, 1825, 
a-ed 34. (Their chil. were Mary Amelia H., who m. Jonathan 
Huse, Jr. in 1839 ; Frederick F. ; Harriet M. A., who m. Joshua 
G. Norwood, in 1839; William H.; Eugene A. M., who m. 
Nathaniel G. Parker, in 1842 ; Stephen A.) Amasa, Feb. 6, 
1794; Henry, March 12, 1796; Samuel Parl-er, Feb. 13, 



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1798, and d. inlant ; Harriet, Aug. 18, 1799, and m. Gideon 
Harlow, Jan. 1, 18-28 ; Samuel Parker, Feb. 5, 1802, and d. 
infant; Sophronia, Nov. 20, 1805. 

HOWE, DANIEL (s. of Gideon) m. Hannah Hall, in New- 
fane, Vt., and d. here, Jan. 10, 1806, aged 37 ; his vvid. Hannah^ 
d. March 15, 1840, aged 73. Chil. Edward Flint, b. Dec. 25, 
1789, and d. unm. in 1827 ; Levi, Jan. 21, 1792 ; Jubal, Dec. 
27, 1793 ; Clark, April 26, 1796 ; Damaris, July 8, 1798, and 
rn. Asa Knowlton, Jr. ; Lyman, Nov. 21, 1800, and m. Catha- 
rine Johnson of Worcester; Joseph Ilall, Sept. 5, 1802, and 
settled in Lockport, N. Y. ; Haniiah, Se'pt. 11, 1805, and m. 
John B. Simmons of Dighton. 

HOWE, LEVI (s. of Daniel) m. Lydia, D. of Dea. Ben- 
jamin Goddard, Jan. 3, 1815; she d. April 10, 1841, aged 50. 
Chil. Daniel, b. July 3, 1816, and d. infant. He removed to 
Worcester, and had Eliza, b. in 1818, who m. Timothy L. 
Stearns of Framingham, in 1838 ; Eunice, Jan. 1820, who m. 
Simeon N. Story of Norwich, Ct., in 1838; Harriet, b. in 
1822, who m. George S. Howe of Worcester, in 1842; Frances 
Ann, b. 1824, who m. William S. Walker of Oakham, in IS46; 
Daniel, b. in 1826, and George, in 1829. His second wife was 
Harriet Fales, a wid. of Oakham, whom he m. in 1845. 

HOWE, CLARK (s. of Daniel) m. and setded at Fort 
Ann, Wash. Co., N. Y. Chil. Appleton, Emibj, Elizabeth, 
Clark, Damaris, Ann, Celestia, Daniel fV., Jubal and Soprana. 

HOWE, JOHN HAPGOOD (s. of Gideon) m. Sarah, D. 
of Aaron Smith, Sept. 3, 1787; she d. March 12, 1814, aged 
50 ; he d. Jan. 3, 1839, aged 74. Chil. Charlotte, b. May 13, 
1788, and m. Asa B. Howe, in 1807; Miriam, May 6, 1790, 
and m. Dr. Benjamin \j. Howe, in 1810; Dolly, Aug. 6, 1792, 
and m. Leonard Wheeler, Jan. 29, 182L ^aron,. Oct. \4, 
1794, and m. Harriet, D. of John Richardson, in 1816, and had 
Appleton, who d. July 9, 1823, aged 4 years; Sarah, May 9, 
1807. 



316 JAMILY REGISTER. 

HOWE, LYiMAN (s. of Gideon) m. Sylvia, D. of George 
Slocumb, March 25, 1802. Cliil. Joseph Cloyes, h. July 17, 
1802; Hammond, Se\)L 14, 1804; Lcivis, Oct. 8, 1S0&, and 
d. at New Orleans, unm.; Louisa, Nov. 20, IS08, m. William 

Lewis of Bolton ; Almira, Jan. 3!, 1811, and ni. — Morse 

of Medfield ; Clarinda, Feb. 5, 1813, and m. Jonas H. Allen,, 
Dec. 9, 1331; Sylvester, March 22, 1815; Ji:rub Slocumb, 

Dec. 16, 1817; and m. Howe of Haverhill; Harries 

Maria, July 24, 1620, and m. Henry H. Mason, 

HOWE, DENNIS (s. of Jonah) rn. Elisabeth Bigelow of 
Worcester, (D. of the second wife of Ezekiel Howe) Jan. 7,, 
1795, and d. June 4, 1807, aged 34. Chil. Prudence 3oulc&r, 
b. May 16, 1795, and m. Oliver K. Freeman^ rn Alakima ; 
(Child, Georoe Oliver, b. Aug. 29, 1836) William, Nov. 33, 
1796; Jo?iflA, Jan. 25, 1798, practising physician in Rullajid, 
and drowned there, July 5, 1825, unm. ; Sarak, b. Feb, 12^ 
1800; Eleanor, Oct. 27, 1801, and d. March 20, 1805; Elizii, 
March 24, 1803, and d. March 22, iS05; Seraphim, who m. 
Joel W. Uphain, and d. in Millbury, Oct. 29, 1839 j Elizabeth^ 
Aug. 29, 1807, and d. unm. Aug. 8, 1832. 

HOWE, CHARLES (s. of Jonah) m. Sarah, D. of Dr. 
Stephen Ball, Sen. of Northboro'. Child, Sarah. His wid.> 
Sarah, m. Gershom Fay. 

HOWE, ASA BOUKER (s. of Jonah) m. Charlotte, D. of 
John H. Howe, Sept. 28, 1807, and d. Aug. 27, 1816, aged 31. 
Chil. Joh7i, b. Oct. 8, 1808; Laura, Sept. 28, 1810, m. William 
Maynard, and d. Oct. 1843. Miriam, April 10, 181.3, and m. 
John Rice of Northboro'. 

HOWE, Dr. BENJAMIN L. (s. of Jonah) m. Miriam, D. 
of John H. Howe, in 1810. She d. Oct. 4, 1821, aged 31. 
Chil. Caroline Augusta, James Aaron, Benjamin Lincoln, and 
Edward Kingsbury. He next m. Mary Hitchcock, a widov? of 
Brookfield, in 1822, and d. in Aug. 1825, aged 38. 



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HOWE, CALVIN (s. of Nathan, Esq.) m. Mary, D. of 
Col. Seth Wyman, Nov. 26, 1815. ChW. William Henry, h. 
Feb. 4, 1816; Benjamin Edward, Aug. 24, 1817; Seth fVy- 
man, Apnl 7, 1819; Samuel JngersoU, Feb. 8, 1822; Mary 
Eliza, May 11, 18i4 ; John Calvin, Feb. 10, 1828. 

HOWE, AMASA (s. of Nathan, Esq.) m. Elizabeth Allen 
of Princeton. Chil. Lorenzo, b. Aug. 12, 1819; Harriet Em- 
c/inc, May 19, 1821 ; Abigail Augusta, Oct. 17, 1826; JSa- 
ihan, Jan. 20, 1829 ; Artemas, March 5, 1831 ; Sarah Eliza- 
beth, Dec. 30, 1837. 

HOWE, EZEKIEL and his wife, Sarah, previously wid. 
Sarah Bigelovv of Worcester, came from there to this town, ad- 
vanced in life, with two of her chil., viz : Elizabeth Bigelow, 
who m. Dennis Howe, in 1795 ; and Sarah Bigelow, who m. 
John Ward. He was brother of Hepzibah, wife of Dea. Cy|)rian 
Keyes, and originally from Sudbury ; lived on the place, now of 
Mr. Nathan Pratt, and d. Oct. 7, 1800, aged 81. His wid. Sa- 
rah, April 5, 1806, aged 74. 

HOWE, WJNSOR, whose wife was Abigail, had Richard 
Baxter, b. here, Aug. 15, 1811, and soon moved away. 

HOWE, LEWIS (from Marlboro') m. Ruth, D. of Ephraiin 
Sever, in 1826. Chil. George Lewis, b. Feb. 5, 1826; Julia 
Ann, Dec. 11, 1827. 

HATHAN, MICAH, (sup. from Marlboro') in some instances 
written Ilathorn, and lived probably in the N. P., rn. Sarah 
Jones of Marlboro', Nov. 26, 1761. ?^o further record of him 
or his, nor is there here any record of any family of that name. 

HARRINGTON, ISAAC * (s. of Daniel, of Marlboro') m. 
Miriam, D. of Zerubbabel Eager and Hannah Kerley, of Marl- 

• Robert and Susanna Harrington had Daniel, b. in VVatertown, 1, 9, 1657; who 
there m. Saraii Whitney, Oct. 18, 1681 ; and had Daniel, b. Feb. 24, 1683, who set- 



318 FAMILY REGISTER. 

boro', Feb. 16, 1730, and settled in Grafton ; in advanced life, 
they came to this town, and resided with their son, Isaac. He 
d. here, June 1, 1782, aged 73, and his wid., Miriam, Feb. 12, 
1801, aged 88. She was a twin child with Moses, her brother, 
and b. in 1712. Her parents were m, March 23, 1698. Her 
father, the s. of William Agnr, and her mother, the D. of Henry 
Kei-jey. 

HARRINGTON, Capt. ISAAC (s. of Isaac) m. Hannah, 
D. of Jacob Whipple of Grafton. He lived on the farm, after- 
wards, of his grandson, the late Isaac Harrington. Selectman 
and Rep. many years; also a member of the State Convention, 
that adopted the Constitution of the United States. He d. July 
8, 1805, aged 70, and his wife, Hannah, Jan. 25, 1804, aged 66. 
Chil. Adam, b. in 1759; Fortunatus, April 22, 1764; Jubah 
Oct. 28, 1769, and d. in Boston, unm., Oct. 20, 1802, aged 33. 

HARRINGTON, ADAM (s. of Capt. Isaac) m. Lucretia, 
D. of Samuel Blgelow, Jr., Aug. 14, 1781, and d. of small pox, 
Nov. 12, 1792, aged 33. Chil. Hannah, b. April 26, 1782, 
and m. Dr. Silas WMieelock, in 1800; ZUlah, Aug. 23, 1784, 
and m. Col. Daniel Harrington, in 1808 ; Isaac, May ,18, 1790; 
Lucretia, March 13, 1793, and m. Henry Cary, in 1811. His 
wid. Lucretia, m. Capt. Martin Newton, in 1794. 



tied in Marlboro', and whose wife was F.lizalieth; they there had Daniel, b. in 
1707 and Isaac, above mentioned, b. May G, 1709. Samuel, brother of Isaac, and 
b. in 1714, settled in Crafton, and may have been the Samuel Harrington who m. 
Lydia Ball, in VVatertown, May 2S, 1737. 

liobert and Susanna Harrington had Thomas, b. April 10, 16G5, who m. Rebecca 
White in Watertown, April 1, 1G8G ; and had Ebenezer, b. there, June 27, 1687, 
and, probably, Thomas, whose wife, Abigail, d. in Cambridge, March, 1717, aged 
30 and whose son, Thomas, b. in 1713, settled in this town. AH the Harrington 
families in this town, who are noticed in the text, with the exception of the four 
last, are descendants of isaac and Thomas; and ail of them, probably, have the 
same common ancestor in this country. 

Robert may have been a son of Richard and Elizabeth Harrington, (Richard is 
the first 1 find of the name) who had Elizabeth, b. in Charlestown, 15, 3, 1G43; if 
BO he was older than Elizabeth, and, probably, b. before his parents came to 
America. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 3I9 

HARRINGTON, FORTUNATUS, Esq. (s. of Capt. Isaac) 
tn. Anna, D. of Samuel Ilanington and Anna Brigliam of Graf- 
ton, and d. Jan. 24, 1841, aged 77 ; his wife, Anna, Jan. 23) 
1832, aged 63. Chil. Anna, who ni. Gardner Wheelock of 
Worcester, Dec. 31, 1S18; Adam, b. Jan. 13, 1799; Mary, 
Jan. 7, JSOI, and m. Lewis Thayer of Norilibridge, April 29, 
1823, and d. in Worcester, Oct. 14, 1S40, aged 39; Jubal, 
Feb. 7, 1803, grad. B. U., 1825, m. Lucretia Keyes, of Prince- 
ton, and rennoved to Worcester ; Oliver, June 30, 1805, and m. 
Eliza, D. of Dr. Silas Wheelock, April 4, 1828, and settled in 
Worcester. 



HARRINGTON, ADAM, Esq. (s. of the preceding) m. 
Emily, D. of Nathaniel Lakin, Esq. of Paxton, in 1829. Child, 
Ellen Tryphosa, b. Feb. 14, 1830. 

HARRINGTON, ISAAC (s. of Adam) m. Rhoda, D. of 
Samuel Smith, in 1809, and d. Feb. 23, 1843, aged 53. Chil. 
Somnel Smith, h. April 25, 1810; Elbridge Gerry, Jan. 3, 
1812, and m. Susan, D, of Martin Harrington; Isaac Sylvester, 
Dec. 17, 1813; Nancy Eliza, Dec. 18, 1815, and m. Daniel 
Harrington; Charlotte Lucretia, ]\lay 22, 1818, and m. William 
Bartlett ; Adam Lorenzo, Dec. 20, 1820 ; Clarendon Augustus, 
May 8, 1822. 

HARRINGTON, THOMAS and his wife, Grace Warren, 
both of Watertown, were m. there, Aug. 27, 1737, (see note) 
and soon after settled here, where he d. April 15, 1791, aged 
78. No record of her death. Chil. Thomas, b. Dec. 23, 1737, 
and d. Sept. 10, 1745; Jonathan, Jan. 16, 1741, and d. infant; 
Jonathan, Feb. 11, 1742, and d. Sept. 11, 1745 ; Elijah, Jan, 
27, 1745; Grace, April 11, 1747, and m. Moses Newton, in 
1780; Abigail, Dec. 16, 1749; Esther, Jan. 1, 1753, and m. 
Simeon Bruce, in 1776; Thomas, ^larch 23, 1756; Jonathan, 
May 18, 1759; Daniel, Sept. 3, 1761. 



320 FAMILY REGISTER. 

HARRINGTON, ELIJAH (s. of Thomas) m. Mary War- 
ren of Upton, in 1780, and d. March 8, 1818, aged 73; his 
wid. Mary, sup. in 1828, aged 80. Chil. Lydia, b. Nov. 8, 
1781, and d. unm. June 12,1810; Warren, Oct. 15, 1783; 
Elijah, April 7, 1786 ; Mary, Jan. 4, 1789 ; Susanna, Jan. 18, 
1791 ; Timothy, April 15, 1794, and d. infant; Henrietta, h^^. 
Jan. 22, 1797. 

HARRINGTON, WARREN (s. of Elijah) m. Martha, D. 
of Lewis Smith, Aug. 14, 1808, and d. April 25, 1832, aged 
49. C\\\\.Mary, b. Aug. 4, 1809; Eunice, April 16, 1812 j 
JSathan Smith, Jan. 29, 1815. 

HARRINGTON, ELIJAH (s. of Elijah) m. Elizabeth, D. 
of Silas Wheelock, Jan. 17, 1810. Chil. Samuel, b. April 30, 
1810 ; Lucy, March 7, 1812 ; Jane, March 30, 1816. 

HARRINGTON, Capt. THOMAS (s. of Thomas) m. 
Hannah, D. of Dea. Williatn Knovvlton, Oct. 14, 1784, and d. 
Dec. 20, 1834, aged 78; his wife, Hannah, d. March 8, 1793, 
aged 26. Chil. Thomas, b. March 13, 1785 ; Hannah, May 2, 
1786, and m. Lewis Pratt, in 1802; G'mce, Sept. 18,1789, 
and m, Asa Mixer, Jr. in 1804. 

HARRINGTON, Capt. THOMAS (s. of the preceding) 
m. Relief, D. of Asa Mixer, in 1805. She d. Feb. 3, 1816, 
aged 27. Chil. Thomas, b. June I, 1805, and d. Oct. 7, 1817; 
«Sara/i iVe/son, March 11, 1807, and m. Darwin Knovvlton, in 
1828; Charles, Dec. 11, 1808; Hannah, Aug. II, 1811, and 
m. WiUiani S. Knowlton, Feb. 23, 1832; Daiiiel, Dec. 21, 
1813, and m. Nancy Eliza, D. of Isaac Harrington. He next 
m. Abigail, D. of Jonathan Harrington, in 1317. Chil. Eli, b. 
May4, 1817, and m. Sarah, D. of Abner Stow of Grafton; 
Maria, Jan. 2, 1820, and m. Levi Jennison Hemenway. 

HARRINGTON, CHARLES (s. of the above) m. Selena, 
D. of Abel Wesson of Grafton, Aug. 19, 1829. Chil. Charles 



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Atbcrl, b. Mav 21, 1830; Thomas FrcdericTc. Oct. .'^0, 1833, 
and d. in 1834; Danid Fndiric, March 5, 1835, and d. in- 
fant; Sarah Amelia, March 15, 1836; Thomas, Feb. 6, 1839. 

HARRINGTON, JONATHAN (s. of Thomas) m. Sarah, 
D. of Ehiathan Pratt, in 1 7S3 ; she d. Feb. 16, ISI3, at^ed 49. 
Chil. Martin, b. Jan. 3, 1784; Daniel, Nov. 2, 1785; Lvke, 
Feb. 17, 1788 ; Ahigail, Dec. 7, 1789, and ni. Capt. Thomas 
Harrington, Jr. in 1S17; Emerij, Oct. 18, 17C1 ; Adam, Oci. 
20, 1793, and d. Nov, 12, 1811 ; Srhiiy'er, April 17, 1796 J 
Jesse, Jan. 16. 1801, and went to PIttsfield : Relief, Feb. 8, 
1803, and m. Dexter Hariington, in 1827; Co/t'/n, Oct. 24, 
1808, m. Anna, D. of Abraham Munroe, Dec. 9, 1830, and d. 
at St. Lewis, in 1842. He next m. Susanna Penniman, a wid. 
of CharUon, in 1814 ; she d. Nov. 17, 1825, aged 51; he, 
April 6, 1812, aged 63. Clill. Snhm.h. Aug. 19, 1815, and 

m. Parker; Jackson, Dec. 10, 1816, and m. 

Carpenter. 

HARRINGTON, MARTIN (s. of Jonathan) m. Lucinda, 
D. of Joseph .S. Temple, in 1808. Chil. Harriet Rebecca, b. 
Sept. i 1, 1809; James Henry, April 19, 1812; Susan, who m. 
Elbridge Gerry Harrington; fValter, Jul) 16, 1816; Lucinda, 
March 2, 1819. Removed, with his family, to Grafton. 

HARRINGTON, Col. DANIEL (s. of Jonathan) m. Zil- 
lah, D. of Adam Harrington, in 1808, and d. in Illinois, in 1844. 
Chil. Adam, b. Jan. I, 1809; Henry Henderson, Oct. 24, 
181 1, m. Cornelia, D. of Rnfns Wesson of Worcester ; Miriam, 
Jan. 24, 1319, and m. Rufus Wesson, Jr. of Worcester; Han- 
nah Rozan, May 9, 1822, and m. Luther H. Temple. 

HARRINGTON, LUKE (s. of Jonathan) m. Sarah, D. of 
Dimiel Smith, May 6, 1815. Child, Caroline, b. Sept. 15, 181 5. 

HARRINGTON, EMERY (s. of Jonathan) m. Fanny, D. 
of Timothy Townsend, in IS13; she d. April 18, 1819, aged 
41 



322 FAMILY REGISTER. 

26. Chil. A'anson Townsend, b. Oct. 13, 1813; William 
Harrison, Dec. '26, 1814 ; Nalhanid iVi., July 21, 1816; John, 
J;in. 4, 1818. He next m. Lucy Bartlett, D. of Abraham 
Miuiroe, Nov. 24, 18*25; she d. in Grafton, to which place he 
had removed, where he next m. Elizabeth Robinson, April G, 
1830. Child, Andreiv Jackson. 

HARRINGTON, SCHUYLER (s. of Jonathan) m. Sophia, 
D of Ste[)hen Johnson, Nov. 22, 1818. Chil. Catharine So- 
phia, b. Feb. 15, 1819; the only one on record; Stephen 
Johnson, who d. Oct. 9, 1821, aged one year. 

HARRINGTON, ADAM, 2d (s. of Col. Daniel) m. Nancy, 
D. of Abel Wesson of Grafton, May 16, 1830. Chil. Nancy 
Rosillah, b. Oct. 17, 1831 ; Harriet Maria, April 24, 1835; 
Georgianna Amelia, Feb. 16, 1837. 

HARRINGTON, DANIEL (s. of Thomas) m. Relief, D. 
of Aaron Smith, Dec. 22, 178S. and d. here, Feb. 2, 1823, 
aged 61^ ; his wid. Relief, d. Feb. 15, 1844, aged 77. Chil, 
Hollou-ay, b. May 8, 1789; Henry, April 18, 1791, and d. in- 
fant ; Elizabeth, Nov. 16, 1793; Henry, Sept. 10, 1796; Re- 
lit f, Oct. 4, 1798; Danitl, Feb. 23, 1802; and Dexttr, prob- 
ably b. in Charlton, (where his father lived a few years and re- 
turned) who m. Relief, D. of Jonathan Harrington, in 1827, 
and d. March 18, 1828, aged 22. 

HARRINGTON, HOLLOWAY (s. of the above) m. 
Charlotte Merrilt of Charlton. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Nov, 17, 
1818; Barnard M., Dec. 14, 1820; Hollowayjvwe 10, 1823; 
Prentiss PV., April 29, 1826; Charlotte, March 5, 1831; 
Francena, Sept. 9, 1835; Pamelia, Oct. 21, 1839. 

HARRINGTON, DANIEL (bro. of the above) m. Mercy, 
D. of Daniel Smith, April 21, 1825. Chil. Angeline A., b. 
March 13, 1827; Daniel S., Jan. 3, 1831; Aaron G., May 
23, 1836. 



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HARRINGTON, JONATHAN, of Watertown, m. Grace 
Hagar of VValtliam, Dec. 20, 1764, and setiled here; shed. 
Oct. 1, 1778. Chil. Susanna, b. Jan. 22, 1769; Anna, Sept. 
1770; JSarah, Aug. 28, 1772, and d. Aug. 1, 1775. He next 
m. Catharine, L). of Ross VVyman, March 10, 1779. Chil. 
Jonathan, b, March 10, 1780; Sarah, Feb. 15, 1782; fVymanj 
Feb. 11, 1784. He returned with his family to Waiertown, 
and d. soon after by reason of working in Charles River in the 
cold season. 

HARRINGTON, NOAH (from Worcester) m. Lois, D. of 
Enoci) Kingsley, July 27, 1784. ChW. Li/dia, bap. March 6, 
1785; H^illiam, bap. Oct. 28, 1787; JZann«A, bap. Sept. 23, 
1792. 

HARRINGTON, ELIJAH (s. of Elijah, of Worcester) m, 
Hannah, D. of Benjamin Baker. Chil. Draper, who d. Jan. 
15, 1833, aged 34 ; Rebecca H., Oct. 3, 1808 ; John B , Nov. 
21, 1812; Leonard, Jan. 3, 1816; Samuel P., April 9, iSlS; 
George A., July 5, 1824; Lydia M., Oct'. 19, 1826. 

HARRINGTON, JOSIAH (the same, probably, who was 
taken, when a lad, by John Rice, Sen. into his family, of which 
he gave the Selectmen written notice, ?aying, he was last from 
Worcester) m. Mary Jennison, D. of Hollis Parker, Jan. 26, 
1803, and d. soon after. Child, Josiah, b. Sept. 15, 1803. His 
vvid. m. Asahel Allen, Jan. 9, 1805. 

HOLLAND, JONAS* m. Sarah Bannister, in Marlboro', 

Nov. 23, 1733 ; she was ad. to the chh. here in , and d, 

here, March 25, 1738. Child, Jonas, bap. here. May 4, 1735, 
and d. here, Feb. 28, 1756. As they were then destitute of a 
minister in Marlboro', the parents may not have been settled here 

* Jonas, Ephraim and Samuel Holland were, probably, brothers, and from Marl- 
boro', where Samuel was b. in 1721 ; his parents were Jnhn and F.lizabeth. John 
m., in 1726, a second wife, Elizabeth Angier of Watertown. He was the sod of 
Samuel, who ra. Mary Coller, 9, 11, 1696, in Marlboro', and settled there. 



324 FAMILY REGISTER. 

at that time. He next m. Bathslieba , and had Ivory, b. in 

Marlboro', in 1739; Park, b. here, Aug. 7, 1742, and d. Sept. 
13, 1745; Esther, March 7, 1745; Park, April 15, 174S, and 
d. Jiin. 20, 1750; Ltither, May 29, 1750; Park, Nov, 19, 

1752. He removed to Petersham, wiih his family, before 1765, 
having lived in the N. P. 

HOLLAND, EPHRAIM m. Thankful Howe of Worcester, 
Dec. 1 1, 1739. Cliil. Sarah, b. March 5, 1740, and m. Luke 
Knowlion, in 1760; Tabiiha, April 23, 1742, and m. Benjiimin 
Hind?, in 1766; ^/tnice, Sept. 24, 1744, and, sup., rn. Abel 
Osgood of Rutland, Feb. 13, 1766; Joseph, Ov\. 19, 1746, and, 
sup., m. Eliznbeth Gleason of Worcester, in 1772; Thankful, 
Oct. 24, 1743, and m. Josiah Randall of Newfane, Vt., in 1774; 
A/jraham, who m. Abit^^ail, D. of Henry Baldwin, June 2, 1784, 
and removed to Walpole, N. H. He was long a disiinguished 
physician there, and d. March, 1847, aged 96. htvinah, 14, 

1753, and m. Joshua Morse, in 1773; Ephraim, Oct. 22, 
1755, and m. Eunice, D. of Marshall Newton, Feb. 1782. and 
removed to Newfane; Jawes, June 5, 1758; Nathaniel, May 
11, 1761, and d. July 27, 1784. 

HOLLAND, SAMUEL m. Sarah (D., sup., of Daniel) 
Hastings, May 9, 1745. Chil. E'lzabeth, b. Feb. 7, 1746, and 
m. Francis Temple, Dec. 18, 1766 ; John, Oct. 5, 1747; Al>i- 
^aiV, March 13, 1750, and m. Nathan Pike, May 10, 1769; 
Jonah, April 9, 1752, d. Sept. 6, 1759 ; Sarah, Jan. 16, 1754, 
and perhaps m. Hugh Moore, of Lancaster, "n 1775; Reuben, 
Nov. 29, 1755; Joab, Jnn. 9, 1753; Jonah, D.^g. 17, 1759; 
Paul, April 13, 1761 ; Mary, Oct. 6, 1764, and, sup. m. John 
White, in 1785. Samuel, the faiher of these children, d. April 
24, 1764, aged (age not on record,) sup. about 43. His wid. 
Sarah, m. Samuel Richardson, of Newfane, Feb. 6, 1774. 

HOLLAND, REUBEN (s. of Ephraim) m. Esther, D. of 
Gideon Howe, April 12, 1784. Child, Martha, bap. Dec. 31, 
1786, and m. Benjamin Goddard, Jr. in 1S05. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 325 

HARRIS, DANIEL, whose wife was Jerusba, had Abigail, 
b. July 1, 1756 ; Daniel July 7, 1758 ; Martha, Oct. 5, 1760 ; 
John, April 9, 1763 ; Sarah, April 8, 1766. 

HARRIS, ASA, whose wife was Abigail, lived in the Leg., 
and had Abijah, b. June 3, 1759, and d. infant ; Mart/, Aug. 7, 
1760 ; Luke, Feb. 6, 1763 ; Paul, Nov. 23, 1765 ; Asa, Oct 
1, 1767. 

HARRIS, DANIEL (s. of Daniel) m. Abigail, D. of Ger- 
shom Wheelock, Jr., Feb. 14, 1788. Child, Alice, bap. Sept. 
27, 1789. He removed to Wardsboro', \ t., where he d. Jan. 
1846, a pensioner, aged 88. 

HARRIS, WILLIAM, the name of whose wife is not on re 
cord here, had Oliver, bap. Jan. 4, 1730. He may have been 
the father of Daniel and Asa, and also of Noah, who m. Phebe 
Butler, Feb. 22, 1757. 

HOYT, BENJAMIN, whose wife was Joanna, had Joanna, 
b. July 5, 1743; John, Feb. 16, 1744; ffyman, April 26, 

1745 Sarah, Jan. 25, 1751. His 2d wife was Susannah . 

Chil. Robert, b. May 6, 1753 ; Reuben, Sept. 15, 1755. 

Jemiuia Hoyt ni. Samuel Stearns, of Grafton, Aug. 19, 1752. 

HEDGE, ELISHA, m. Martha, D. of Daniel Johnson, of 
Marlboro', Dec. 30, 1728, ad. to the chh. here in 1736, from 
the New North chh. in Boston. (Dorothy, the mother of his 
wife, long and strenuously, but unsuccessfully, opposed his adrnis'- 
sion to this chh. ; she was then a widow ; the records of the chh. 
here, show her hostility to him, but not the cause of it ; she was 
the mother, also, of Daniel and Zebediah, who s?tiled here.) 
Chil. Josiah, bap. July 12, 1730, and d. in 1733; Samuel, bap. 
May 14, 1732 ; Lemuel, bap. July 7, 1734. He was, at his 
request, dismissed to the rhh. in Worcester, in 1740. Heap- 
pears from a very interesting address by Lucius R. Paig.e, at a 



326 FAMILY REGISTER. 

centenial celebration in Hardvvick, in 1833, to have been one of 
tl e " ContiiientHi soldiers" from that town. Supposing him lo 
have been, but twenty-one years of age, when he m. he was at 
least 68 years old, in 1775. He probably had a 2d wile, wid. 
Ehzabeth Stratton, of Marlboro', whom he m. Dec. 3, 1766 j 
he may have been a descendant of John Hedge, who was in 
Lynn, in 1634. 

HEDGE, LEMUEL (s. of Elisha) grad. H U., 1759, m. 
Sarah, D. of Rev. David White, of Hardwick,and settled in the 
ministry in Warwick, where he d, in Oct. 1777, aged 43. Chil. 
Lemuel, grad. H. U., 1784 ; Abraham, a Physician, and Sam- 
uel, both of whom settled in Wmdsor, Vt. ; Levi, grad. H. U., 
1792, and d. in Cambridge, in 1844 ; having been tutor 15, and 
professor, 17 years in the University there. 

HARVEY, Dr. ZACHARIAH,* whose wife was Ann, had 
Daniel, who d. Jan. 13, 1748; Rachel, b. May 31 , 1750 ; 
Daniel, Sept. 24, 175-2, and d. in 1756 ; Darius, Dec. 9, 1754 ; 
Isaiah, May 8, 1753, " near Wachusett, but not in any town- 
ship." 

HOLDEN, DANIEL m. Jemima, D. of Jedediah Tucker, 
Aug. 20, 1766 ; he was then called of Worcester ; settled here 
and lived on the place afterwards purchased and occupied by 
John Mason, Jr. His wife, Jemima, ad. to the chh. in 1780, d. 
Jan. 23, 1786. Chil. Daniel, b. July 4, 1769, and d. in 1770; 



* He was one of those, who, living in the le^, were, with their lands, voted off 
by the town in 1752, to be annexed to Lancaster; the annexation did not take 
place until 1768. He gave by deed a lot of land to '' the inhabitants of Shrewsbu- 
ry leg," for a burying place and school house lot ; as his son, Isaiah, was born " near 
Wachusett," in 1758, he hnd probably removed there before that time. He was 
among the first settlers of Princeton, and the first practising physician there. It 
was called the District of Princeton, not having been incorporated, as a town, until 
1771. In 1761, he appears to have been made all things to all men ; besides being 
their physician, he was, at their District meeting, in March of that year, chosen 
Moderator, Clerk, Selectman, Assessor, and Agent to the General Court. 

The Harvey apple, so higlily esteemed, and of which there were, years ago, a 
few trees in this town, is said to have been introduced into this vicinity by him. 



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Jonah, Nov. 16, 1770; Daniel, who in. Margaret, D. of Capt. 
Sell) Prait, and settled in N. Y. ; Amasa, who m. Abiu,nil Pratt, 
sister of Margaret, July 13, 1797, aiul removed to Johnstown, 
N. Y. ; Life, June 23, 1783, went to sea, and sup. d. at, say, 
Baltimore, in 1844 ; probably he had been master of a vessel ; 
in the paper announcing his death, he was called " Capt. Life 
Holden.". 

The second wife of Daniel Holden was Dorothy, D. of Daniel 
Johnson, whom he m. Dec. 25, 1783. Child, Riifiis Johnson, 
b. June 23, 1789. The father removed to Charlton, and d. 
there about 1835; his wid. Dorothy, is yet living here, March 
1847, at the age of 95 years. 

HUBBARD, DANIEL, whose wife was Dorothy, had Per- 
sis, b May 13, 1735, Lucretia, April 28, 1737; Jonas, bap. 
May 27, 1739. 

Dorothy Hubbard m. Ebenezer Harvvood, of Littleton, Nov. 
27, 1737. 

Jonathan Hubbard m. Vashti, D. of Nathan Howe, Oct. 
25, 1775. 

HOLT, ABEL, m. Eunice Keyes, D., probably, of Henry, 
Oct. 21, 1765, and lived in the N. P. Chil. Lois, b. May 11, 
1767; Amasa, April 24, 1772; Asa, Jan. 11, 1775; Abel, 
June 26, 1776 ; Jonas, Oct. 22, 1779. 

Jonas Holt, the name of whose wife is not on record, had Ivory, 
bap. here, May 25, 1740. 

Barzillai Holt, pub. to Lucy Williams, Nov. 1770. 

HILL, NATHAN, m. Mary Wliipple, of Westboro', July 
11, 1772 ; he lived, it is said, on the place, afterwards, of Gid- 
eon Rider. Chil. Oliver, b. May 21, 1780; Mari/, Aug. 21, 
1781 ; CA/oe, Jan. 13, 1733. 

HAGAR, ABRAHAM (from VValtham, s. of Benjamin) m. 
Dolly, D. of Charles Newton, in 1781 ; she d. Feb. 11, 1786, 



328 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Bged ^0, an early marriage and an early death ; she was b. iri 
176G. Chil. William, b. Dec. 2S, 1782, and d. in 1783 ; Azu- 
bah, March 22, 1784 ; DjIIij, Feb. 3, and d. on the 4th, 1786. 
He next m. Thinkful, D. of Elisha Newton, Dec. 26, 1786, so 
is the town record 5 the chh. record is "Abraham Hager and 
Thankful, his wife, were admitted members," &,c., " Oct. 7, 
17S6." Child, Sarah, bap. Oct. 7, 1787. Removed to 
Princeton. 

Hannah Ha2;ar m. James Alexander, Sept. 12, 1786. 

Elizabeth Hagar m. Andrew Grimes, of Lancaster, Oct. 26, 
1775. 

Abigail Hagar m. Silas Rice, of Hubbardsion, INov. 7, 1775. 

Sarah Hagar m. Timotliy Fay, Jr., of JNorthboro', July 27, 
1777. 

Eunice Hagar m. Zachariah Sawtle, of NofUiboro', in 1781, 
and removed to Gerry. 

Mary Hagar m. Moses Fay, of Bennington, Vt., in 1785. 

HENSHAVV, Col. JOSEPH,* grad. H. U. 1748, m. his 
cousin Sarah, D. of Joshua Henshaw, Esq., of Boston, May 25, 

* Thomas Henshaw, of Derby, in the County Palatine, of Lancaster, died in 
Toxter Park, near Liverpool. Riigland, about IGOL His son William was killed at 
the taking of Liverpool, during the civil wars, Jn 16(4. Joslitfa, son of William, 
was about H months old at the time of his father's death, and, when eight years 
old, v/as sent to i\ew Eingland, and lived in Dorchester; where lie m. Klizabeth, D. 
of William Sumnrr. Thtir son Joshua, b in 1G72. m. Mary Webster, of Biiston, 
in 1700, and had Daniel, b. in 1701, who m. t^lizabelh Bass, off Boston, in 17i24, aTid 
was one of the proprietors of Leicester, to which town he removed, and d. there 
in 1781, aged SO. Col. Joseph, above mentioned, b. in 1727; William, afterwards 
Col., b. in 1735, and David, b. in HW. were sons of Daniel. The two last settled 'in 
Leicester, and d. there ; Col. William, in 1820, aged 84, and David, in 1808, aged 
64. Their brother, Joseph, resided there a short time ; being engaged in naviga- 
tion, he was, duiing most of early life, in foreign parts. They were all of them in 
military commission in the Revolutionary war. and distinguished for theii p.itriot- 
isin and love of country. All of them were afterwards, and through life, officiating 
magistrates. 

Joshua, b. in 1703, brother of Daniel, was several years, »nd in the early part of 
the Revolution, one of the Selectmen of Boston, and, in 1768, chosen a member of 
the ITiXecutive Council; the Royal Governor, already scorched in his seat by the 
flame of liberty, negatived, or in the language of the present day, vetoed, the 
choice. His son, Joshua, several years Register of Deeds for the County of Suf- 
folk, was burnt out at the " great fire" in Boston, in 1787, and removed to Shrews- 
bury, about 1792, and is the oiic niontioned in the text. 



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1758, and, after some years, removed to Leicester, and thence 
to this town, about the year 1781, and lived on the hill, a short 
distance West of where Thomas VV. Ward, Esq., now lives. 
He d. there March 19, 1794, aged 67 ; his wid. Sarah, died Jan. 
4, 1822, aged 86. They had no children. 

HENSHAW, JOSHUA, Esq., grad. H. U. 1763, and bro. 
of the wife of Col. Jdseph, m. Catharine, D. of Col. Henry Hill, 
of Boston, INlarch 16, 17G9, and after being burnt out as men- 
tioned in note preceding, removed to this town, and lived in the 
house next West of where Nymphas Pratt, Esq., now lives ; he 
d. May 27, 1823, aged 78 ; liis wife, Catharine, d. Sept. 7, 
1822, aged 76. They had no children. They were, and also 
Col. Joseph Henshaw's wife, members of the New South chh. in 
Boston, when they came here, but did not remove their relation- 
ship from that chh. 

Margaret Fife, a maiden lady, who came here with them, and 
resided in the family, d. here April 10, 1810, aged 91. 

HARLOW, ARUNAH (from Duxbury, s. of Gideon, and 
g. s. of Dr. Eleazer, of Duxbury,) m. Sarah, D, of Nathan 
Bannister, of Boylston, in 1799 ; she d. Sept. 14, 1841, aged 63. 
Chil. Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1800, and m. Nathan Pratt, Jr., in 
1824 ; Eliza, March 26, 1802, and m. Samuel A. Knox, May 
4, 1826 ; Patience, March 1 1, 1804, and m. John Barns, March 
18, 1834 ; Nancy, Aug. 7, 1806 ; Nathan Bannister, Sept. 2, 
1808, and m. Louisa D. Kendall ; Clarissa, May 2, 1811, and 
m. Christopher C. Doty ; Arunah, April 17, 1813 ; Chora Ea- 
ger, Aug. 15, 1815; John Thomas, May 29, 1818; George 
Henry, June 18, 1820. 

HARLOW, Dea. THOMAS (bro. of Arunah) m. Thank- 
ful, D. of Nathan Bannister, of Boylston, in 1798 ; they were 
ad. to the chh. in 1807. Chil. Gideon, b. Feb. 17, 1799; 
Nancy, bap. Aug. 1,1802, and deceased; Almira, k\iy\\ 22, 
1805 ; Abigail, bap. June 17, 1810, and m. Micah T. Reed, of 
North Brookfield, Sept. 16, 1834, 
42 



330 FAMILY REGISTER. 

HARLOW, ABNER (bro. of the preceding) m. Persis B. 
Oakman, of Marshfield, and came here with a family ; his wife, 
Persis B., d. March 14, 1814, a^ed 36. He was ad. to the chh. 
in 1818. Chil. (no record liere of any births,) Abner, who d. 
Aug. 21, 1842, aged 33 j Persis, who m, Lucius S. Allen, in 
1828 ; Harriet, who m. Noah K. Merriam, of Grafton, Nov. 11, 
1834 ; Patience Ford, who m. Levi Houghton, of Berlin, in 
Oct, 1835 ; and Amos Rogers. His 2d wife was Sarah McFar- 
land, of Worcester, whom he m. in 1819; she was ad. to the 
chh., from the chh. there, in 1824, and d. Dec. 9, 1845, aged 
67. Child, Sarah Elizabeth, bap. July 29, 1821, and d. 
March 4, 1823. 

HARLOW, GIDEON (s. of Dea. Thomas) m. Harriet, D. 

of Nathan Howe, Esq., Jan. 1, 1828. Chil. William Taylor, 
b. Oct. 3,1828; Thomas, Aug. 18, 1830; Hennj, Oct. 1^, 
1833; Hiram, Nov. 27, 1839 ; Harriet Ann, Dec. 4, 1841. 

HARLOW, ARUNAH, Jr. (s. of Arunah) m. Maria C. 
Adams. ChW. Hdtn Maria, h. ?it Brookfield, Oct. 5, 1840; 
Manilla Eliza, Dec. 1, 1842. 

HAVEN, SAMUEL, Esq.* m. Hannah Wood, of Grafton, 
Oct. 11, 1770 ; having purchased the farm and tavern stand pre- 
viously owned by Col. Job Cushing, removed here, about 1800, 
from Hopkinton, with most of his children, all of whom were b. 
there. The parents were ad. to the chh. here in 1802. His 
wife, Hannah, d. in 1807. Chil. (for an account of their births 
and his ancestry, as in note below, I am indebted to a compila- 
tion of the Haven genealogy, by Josiah Adams, Esq., of Fra- 
mingham, a veteran in digging out geneological roots.) Samuel, 



* He was b. Dec. 9, 1751, s. of Dea. Moses, of Hopkinton, who was b. in 1732, 
and m. in 1730; who was 3. of Joseph, b. in 1G89, and was ruling Elder in Hopkin- 
ton, in 1731, and afterwards; whose father was Moses, a Deac. in Hopkinton, but 
b. in Lynn, in 1667, whose father was Richard, who came from England and settled 
in Lynn, in 1645, where, in 1692, he then living, it was " voted, that Sergeant 
Haven should sit in the Pulpit." 



FAMILY REGISTER. 331 

b. May 20, 1773 ; Lawson, May 14, 1775, and d. here unin. 
soon after liis parents came to town ; his death is not on record, 
nor his mother's ; Joseph, Dec. 27, 1776 ; Mary, Sept. 19, 
1778, and here m. Harvey Nolen, of Boston, Feb. 12, 1804 ; 
Fanny, Sept. 1730, and m. Col. Joseph Valentine, of Hopkin- 
ton, in 1799, and d. in 1841 ; she never resided here ; Moses, 
July 7, 1782 ; Nancy, bap. May 2, 1786, and here m. Caleb 
Leland, (originally from Sherburne,) Nov. 9, 1805, and removed 
to Templeton, where he soon after d. ; slie returned, and d. here 
in 1810, aged 24, leaving no issue ; Hannah, bap. Jan. 18, 1789, 
and here m. James Hamilton, of Brookfield, Oct. 27, 1805 ; 
Gilbert Wood, bap. Nov. 29, 1795; Thomas Bucklin, bap. 
here in 1803. His 2d wife was Sarah Brigham, a wid., of North- 
boro', originally Sarah Martyn, whom he m. in 1809, and d. April 
8, 1830, aged 78 ; his wid. Sarah, d. Feb. 22, 1835, aged 69 ; 
she was ad. to the chh. in 1809. 

HAVEN, SAMUEL, Jr. (s. of Samuel) m. Pamelia, D. of 
Col. Gilbert Dench, of Hopkinton, and settled liere about the time 
his father did. She was added to the chh. here in 1807. He d. 
July 17, 1815, aged 42, and his wid. Pamelia, Sept. 6, 1816, 
aged 46. Chil. (some of them b. in Hop., but all recorded here) 
Montgomery, b. Oct. 24, 1797, m. Sophia Parker, of Hopkinton, 
Dec. 4, 1817, and d. Feb. 5, 1827, aged 29 ; Lorenzo Gilbert, 
July 4, 1801, and d. April 14, 1828 ; Caroline Pamelia, July 
10, 1802, and m. George M. Merriam, and next George J. Webb, 
of Boston ; Samuel Augustus, Jan. 28, 1806, and d. April 
2, 1829. 

" Mary Haven, of Boston, wife of Joseph Haven, (bro. of the 
preceding,) was admitted to the church of Christ, Sept. 20, 
1805, in the presence of some of the brethren of this church. 
She died the next day, and the church was informed the next 
Lord's day of what was done." — Chh. Records. 

HAVEN, MOSES (s. of Samuel, Sen.) m. Dolly, D. of 
Col. Asa Rice, June 14, 1801, and d. May 20, 1818, aged 36. 
Chil. Miriam Rice, b. Nov. 3, 1801, and m. John L. Valentine ; 



332 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Theodore Sedgwick, Aug. 2, 1803, went to South Hadley, and 
has a family ; Mary Wells, April 9, 1806, and d. in 1809 ; Han- 
nah Wood, Jan 4, 1808; Jane, March 22, 1810; Hiram Or- 
lando, Nov. 5j 1812. His wid. Dolly, rn. Daniel Newton, April 
17, 1825. 

HAVEN, GILBERT WOOD (s. of Samuel, Sen.) m. 
Laura Brigham, D. of his father's 2d wife, in 1813. Chil. Nan- 
cy, b. July 30, 1813, and d. Sept. 22, 1821 ; George Henry, 
March 14, 1815, who, having a wife and one child, was killed at 
Westboro', Feb. 22, 1847, while employed on the rail road, by 
the snow plow overturning upon him. 

HAVEN, THOMAS BUCKLIN (s. of Samuel, Sen.) m. 
Clarissa Cloyes, of Framingham, in 1815, and d. April 21, 1823, 
aged 28. Chil. Maria Antoinette, who m. James Brewer, of 
Boston ; and Caroline Augusta, who m. Albert C. Cole, of 
Worcester. His wid. Clarissa, m. Rufus Porter, ol Worcester, 
Feb. 25, 1825. 

HAMILTON, JAMES, afterwards Col., m. Hannah, D. of 
Samuel Haven, Oct. 27, 1805. Chil. no record of them, Alex- 
ander James, and Samuel. He removed to Concord, thence to 
Framingham, thence to Boston, thence to New York, where his 
wife, Hannah, d. about 1842. 

HOWARD, TIMOTHY m. Anna, D. of Maj. Joseph Mixer, 
Jan. 24, 1759 ; she was ad. to chh. here in 1756. He lived 
near the present dwelling house of Nathan Howe, Esq. Chil. 
(no record of their births,) Lucy, bap. Sept. 16, 1759; Mary, 
bap. July 11, 17G2, and m. Lewis Smith, in 1783 ; Elizabeth, 
bap. Feb. 10, 1765 ; Timothy, bap. Oct. 25, 1768, m. Abigail 
Temple, of Boylston, and removed to Northboro' ; Abigail, bap. 
May 1, 1774 ; and Ezra, who d. Dec. 6, 1842, aged 65. 

His 2d wife was Dorcas Green, of Berlin, whom he m. in 
1795; she d. in 1809, and he, March 20, 1819, aged 85; his 
house and fennel garden, soon after, passed away. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 833 

HAMLIN, NATHANIEL, whose wife was Sarah, had 
Z/fizm, bap. here July 4, 1773; Sarah, bap. Oct. 29, 1775; 
and Perez, bap. Nov. 16, 1777 ; "the parents being in a cove- 
nant relation to the church in Wellfleet." — Chh. Records."^ 

HAD LEY, SAMUEL, whose wife was Elizabeth, came here 
about 1825, and had Samuel Dexter, b. Aug. 27, 1826 ; Sarah 
Ann, April 29, 1827, and d, infant ; Thomas Richard, Aug. 
4, 1828. 

IDE, SAMUEL, from Rehoboth, m. Sarah, D. of Dea. Jas- 
per Stone, Nov. 24, 1793 ; they were ad. to the chh. here in 
1795. Child, Simeon, bap. April 5, 1795. The parents left 
town soon after. His s. fVilliam B. Me, of Windsor, Vt., m. 
here, in 1820, Susan G., D. of Caleb Haskell, of Bellows Falls, 
N. H. Their mothers were daughters of Dea. Jasper Stone. 

IDE, SIMEON, from Rehoboth, had probably m. before he 
came here; the name of his wife was Hannah. She d. April 
18, 1792, aged 22 ; he d. before 1795, leaving a child, Abigail, 
b. April 10, 1789, in the care of his bro. Simeon ; who adopted 
and presented it for baptism on the same day with his own son, 
Simeon. Daniel, b, Dec. 19, 1791. 

INGALSBY, EBENEZER, whose wife was Susanna, lived 
in the N. P. Chil. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 25, 1752, and m. Phebe 
Estabrook, Nov. 20, 1779; John, May 15, 1753; Joseph, 
March 22, 1755. and d. infant ; Joseph, Feb, 9, 1757 ; Anna, 
Feb. 14, 1758, and m. Nathan Lovell, of Holden, in 1781 ; 
Mary, Dec. 28, 1759 ; Eunice, Jan. 1 1, 1762 ; Susannah, Oct. 
1, 1763 ; Aaron Neivton, June 10, 1765 ; Eber, IMay 14, 1767 
Lydia, April 29, 1769, and d. Oct. 1, 1775 ; Levi, July 23, 
1771, and d. infant; Levi, Aug. 22, 1773; ^sa, March 19, 1775. 

* In the record of the baptism of the first child, his name is written Hamlit, and 
jn that of the otiicrs, Hamlin. Jacob Hamlett was early in Billerica; he there m. 
Hannah I'arker, in 1G68 ; she d. 26. 4. 1GG9; he next m. Mary Button, 21. 10. 1669, 
who d. of small pox, in 1678. JMathaniel may have been a descendant of Jacob. 



334 FAMILY REGISTER. 

INGERSOLL, Rev. SAMUEL B., from Beverly, grad. Y. 
C, ord. here, June 14, 1820, colleague Pastor of Rev. Dr. Sum- 
ner, preached the first Sabbath after his ordination for the last 
time; he d. at Beverly, Nov. 15, 1S20, aged33 — see page 181. 
His wife was Hannah Whittlesey, of New Haven, Ct., and now 
the wife of William T. Eustis, of Boston. 

JOHNSON, ZEBEDIAH* (s. of Daniel,) b. in Marlboro', 
in 1706, m. Esther Richardson, of Leicester, Nov. 18, 1731, 
and lived on the place afterwards belonging to his s. Philip, and 
now in the possession of Levi Howe ; he d. there Sept. 6, 1793, 
aged 87, and his wid. Esther, May 5, 1796, aged 82, and were 
both buried on the farm, as were some of his chil., on the S. 
side of the road, nearly opposite his dwelling house. 

The parents were ad. to chh. here in 1743. Chil. Zebediah, 
bap. April 1, 1733 ; Esther, b. June 23, 1734, and d. in 1736 ; 
Seth, Feb. 15, 1736; Israel, Sept. 11,1737; Solomon, Oct. 
13, 1739 ; Esther, July 30, 1741 , and d. unm. March 18, 1809, 
aged 68 ; Elizabeth, April 11, 1743, and m. Daniel Hemenway, 
in 1768 ; Phebe, Oct. 2, 1744, and d. unm. Oct. 14, 1835, aged 
91 ; Thomas, July 2, 1746, m. Elizabeth, D. of Ephraim Smith, 
Sept. 21, 1771, and removed to Barre ; John, March 19, 1748, 
and d. in West Indies ; Philip, Oct. 19, 1749, and d. unm. Feb. 
27, 1823, aged 73 ; Isachar, Jan. 7, 1751, m. Dolly Barrett, of 
Killingsley, Ct., in 1777, and removed to Alstead, N. H. ; Lem- 
uel, April 7, 1752; Jonah, Dec. 22, 1754, and d. in 1760; 
David, Feb. 16, 1756, and d. unm. March 25, 1820, aged 64. 

■* Solomon Johnson, whose wife was iJiinor. shared in a division of Sudbury 
meadows, in 1G3S ; where, according to Boston Records, he had Joseph (Farmer 
says, Joshua,) and JNatiianiel, b. 3. 12. 1G39 ; Solomon, in 1645, and Caleb, in 1646. 
He probably came to this country with a family of children, of whom John may 
have been one, and went to Sudbury with his father. Through John came Zebe- 
diah and Daniel, who settled in Shrewsbury. John Johnson m. Deborah, D. of Wil- 
liam Ward, in Sudbury, Nov. 19, 1657, and removed to Marlboro', where they had 
(besides children b. in Sudbury,) Daniel, b. in 1675, who m. Dorothy Lamb, of Fra- 
mingham, in 1697— Daniel and Dorothy had Martha, b. in 1702, who m. Elisha 
Hedge ; Zebediah, b. in 1706, and Daniel, b. in 1709. It appears by the chh. re- 
cords, that Dorothy was residing here in 1736, and was then a widoro. I find no 
record here or in Marlboro', of her death, or of her liusband's. Their son, Daniel, 
appears to have been their youngest child. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 335 

JOHNSON, DANIEL (bro. of Zeb.) b. in 1709, rn. Sarah 
Holland, March 24, 1736. He d. here, June 2, 1763, aged 5(3, 
9 mos., according to the town record. This does not. correspond 
with his birth ; the error may be in mistaking the figure 7 for 9, 
in the Marl, records as the year of his birth. His wid. survived 
him a number of years, and was ad. to the chh. in 1767 ; her 
death is not on record. Chil. Zeruiah, b. May 19, 1737, and 
m. James Maynard, of Westboro', in 1755 ; Levinah, Feb. 20, 
1739, and d. infant ; Rufus, JMay 16, 1741, and d. infant ; Levi- 
nah, Dec. 11, 1743, and m. James Richardson, of Spencer, June 
19, 1764 ; Rufus, Jan. 25, 1746, and d. infant ; Danid, March 
2, 174S ; Stejihen, March 7, 1750; Dorothy, March 12, 1752, 
and m. Daniel Holden, in 1788; Lucy, Aug. 25, 1754, and m. 
Jonas Hastings, in 1781 ; Sophia, bap. April 26, 1756 ; Lucre- 
tia, bap. Oct. 21, 1759. 

JOHNSON, DANIEL, Jr. (s. of the preceding) m. Martha, 
D. of Ebenezer Bragg, Feb. 3, 1778, and d. Jan. 1, 1812, aged 
64 ; and his wid. Martha, March 20, 1829, aged 71. Chil. 
Sarah, b. May 9, 1778, and m. William Smith, Jan. 15, 1799 ; 
Abner, Oct. 25, 1779, and d. May 3, 1800; his skull was frac- 
tured in being thrown from a horse ; Lucretia, Feb. 17, 1781, 
and d. unm. Oct. 23, 1816; Daniel, Oct. 31, 1782, and d. 
unm. May 23, 1823 ; Newell, March 20, 1784, and d. in 1786 ; 
Relief, Dec. 31, 1785, and d. unm.; Martha, Nov. 30, 1787, 
and m. Elijah Rawson, in 1820; Timothy, Dec. 16, 1789, and 
d. unm. March 3, 1815; Elizabeth, Jan. 13, 1792, and m. 
John Sherman, of Grafton, April 12, 1815; Neivell, Aug. 
14, 1795. 

JOHNSON, STEPHEN (bro. of Daniel, Jr.) m. Catha- 
rine, D. of Daniel Smith, Nov. 28, 1793, and d. Oct. 3, 1807, 
aged 57; his wid. Catharine, Jan. 30, 1838, aged 73. Chil. 
John, b. Jan. 24, 1794; Lucy, May 21, 1796, and m. Samuel 
Gray, of Westboro', in 1815; Catharine, twin with Lucy, m. 
Ethan Temple, in 1821 ; Sophia, March 20, 1799, and m. 
Schuyler Harrington, in 1818. 



336 FAMILY REGISTER. 

JOHNSON, JOHN (s. of Stoplien) m. Jemima, D. of Abel 
Wesson, of Grafton, in I BIG, lived on the homestead, and d. 
\w^. 25, 1S3I, ai^'ed 37|. Cliil. Uarrici Maria, b. Oct. 23, 
181 G ; Sarah Eiizabtth, Nov. 2G, 1818; Kndly Jjucretia, Sept. 
13, 1820; John Wesson, Juno 21, 1822 ; Lucy Augusta, March 
1, 1825; Samuel If cnry, Dec. 14, 182G. 

JOHNSON, (,"AlilOli, whose wife was Dorothy, appears to 
have been liere in 1741. In thai year his wife and tiiree sons d. 
here ; the record does not contain the age of any of them, nor 
is there a record here of a birth or baptismi of any of his chil. 
He was Rep. in 1741 and '43, and, in June of the latter year, 
was pub. to Eli/abeth iiriant, of Sudbury. His wife, Dorothy, 
(]. Jan. 25, 1741 ; his sons d. Jod, Feb. 7, 1741 ; Ashhel, Feb. 
22, 1741 ;'uti(l Calch, March IG, 1741. He may have been 
the ('ale/j b. in ^Judbiiry, Sept. 18, 1687, whose parents were 
Caleb and Dorothy, having a wife of the same Christian name, 
that his father had ; !)ul of this there is much uncertainty. (>aleb 
Johnson, perhaps the foregoing, was ad. to the clili. here in 17G3. 

JONES, JONAS, from Weston, m. Abigail Hartweil, of Lin- 
coln, in 17G3 ; she was ad. to chh. here 1779. Chil. Lucy, b. 
Oct. 14, 17G4 ; Jonas and Ephraiia, Nov. 29, 1765; Richard 
lla/l, Ocl. 1, 1767 ; Slcyhcn, Sept. II, 1769, and d. infant; 
Hepzihah, YJec. 22, niO ; Stephen, Nov. 2G, 1775 ; Uenry, 
July 5, 1777 ; Isaac, March 25, 1780. 

He purchased of Holland, and resided on the farm, &,c. 

where Col. J. Henshaw afterwards lived, and sold to Lewis Al- 
len, whose heirs sold to Henshaw. Jon'3s and his family remov- 
ed from town. 

JONES, SOEOMON, from Charlton, m. Joanna Drury, in 
1782. Chil. Leonard and Caroline, b. June 3, 1783. 

JONES, r.EMUEE, from Waliham, with a family, resided 
here several years, and d. Miuch 8, 1823, aged 43, leaving a 
wife and chil., none of whoso names are on record. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 337 

JOYSLYN, PETKK, whose wife was Elizabeth, probably 
from Wc'slboro', was s. of Joseph and Catharine. This name is 
written Jo-ihn, Josselyn in tlie records of some towns, but in 
those of this town, Joysliii. Chil. Manj, b. June 5, 1755, and 
m. John Peirks, Jr., in 1738; yl/ice, Oct. 27, 1757; Feter, 
Oct. l>, 1759; Penis, Feb. 26, 1762; Dorothy and Anna, 
Feb. 12, 1764: Samuel, Aug. 2, 1760. 

A Peter Joslyn, son of Nathaniel and Sarah, was b. in Lancas- 
ter, in 1665. Joseph, sup. a descendant of Peter, settled in 
Westboro' before 1726, whose wife was Catharine. 

JENNISON, SAMUELj=* m. Mary, D. of Phineas Hey- 
vvood, April 10, 1755, and lived in the house, and on the farm next 
W.of the house of Joseph Nurse, where he d. May 18, 1904, aged 
81 ; and his wid., Mary, .Sept. 8, 1820, aged 87. Chil. Joseph 
Brooks, b. Jan. 5, 1756 ; Catharine, July 20, 1757, and d. 
Sept. 5, 1760; Mftri/, April 30, 1759, and d. April 17, 1775; 
John, July 21, 1761 ; Levi, July 20, I7G.'3 ; Samuel, Aiv^. 7, 
1765, and in. Sarah Drury, of Crafion, Dec. 10, 1789 ; Catha- 
rine, Aug. 2, 1767, and m. Newton, in 1784 ; and per- 
haps Rebecca, who m. Solomon Howe, in 1784. 

JENNISON, JOSEPH BROOKS (s. of Samuel) m. Da- 
mans, D. of Gideon Howe, June 24. 1792, and lived on the 
homestead. Chil. Mary, b. March 2, 1793 ; Oliver, July 5, 
1794 ; Henry, March 25, 1790 ; James, Jan. 21 , 1798, and sup. 
m. Mary Lamb, Feb. 22, 18:^0, and went to Souilibiidge ; 
Levi, Si;pt. 20, 1799, and sup. m. Lucy Smith, of Holden, in 
1830; Eunice, Aug. 15, 1801, and m. Stephen Keyes, of 



* Robert Jennison, and hia wife Grace, were in Watertown, in 1G38, and had 
Samuel (I find no oilier son,) b. in 1G42, whose wife was Judith ; they Imd three 
eons, and six daufrhters b. in Watertown, betwen IGGG and IG89 Tlie sons were 
Samuel, b. in 1673. (his name in the record of birth* is written Jennings, as was 
Jennison, in other instancea, about that period,) Peter, in 1G81, and Robert, in 1684, 
Samuel, who settled in Shrewsbury, b. about 172.3, was probably the son of one of 
these three brothers. Jane Jennison, of Sudbury, m. Joseph Hrooks, of Weston, 
in 1725, and undoubtedly was a relative of Samuel, who settled here j hence the 
name of his oldest son. 

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338 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Princeton, Nov. 26, 18-21 ; Relief, Feb 16, 1804; Samuel, 
Jan. 25, 1806 ; Andreiv, Aug. 22, 1808. After 1818, he re- 
ceived a pension for revolutionary services, and removed to 

before 1830. 

JENNTSON, JOHN (s. of Samuel) m. Sarah, D. of Dr. 
Edward Flint, Feb. 26, 1799, and removed to Petersham. 

JENNISON, LEVI (s of Samuel) m. Ruth, D. of Silas 
Hemenway, March 28, 1789. Chil. Etha7i, b. here July 6, 
17S9 ; the parents removed to Vt., where they had Levi Hem- 
enway, who was, several years, Governor of that State. 

JENNISON, WILLIAM (from Worcester) m. Sarah, D. 
of Rev. Joseph Sumner, Oct. 30, 1788. Chil. Elizahcth 
Stoivell ; Joseph Sumner ; Nahum Eager ; Charles Horrace, 
b. at Southboro', March 2, 1796; William Danielson, Sept. 
10, 1798; Israel; Sarah Sumner; Erastus Sumiier. The 
three last were, probably, b. at Swanton, Vt., to which place 
he had removed, and where his wid. Sarah, d. in 1831, aged 
about 67. 

JESEPH, JOSEPH (from. Worcester) m. Jemima Bosworth, 
July 10, 1770. Chil. 3Iary, b. Dec. 21, 1770; Elizabeth, 
Oct. 15, 1772. 

JEFFREY, WILLIAM and his wife Hannah Reynolds, of 
VVenham, came from Salem, but last from Northboro' to this town, 
about ISOl ; and were both ad. to the chh. here in 1806. She 
d. Jan. 27, 1816, aged 42. Chil. Rebecca, b. May 29, 1801, 
and m. Dr. Joseph Whipple, of Boylston, July 4, 1819, and re- 
moved to Ohio; George Cleaveland, Sept. 2, 1803; Nancy 
Toumsend, Sept. 25, 1805, and d. in Ohio; Stephen Williams, 
Dec. 5, 1807, and m. Sophia Bartlett, of Northboro', in 1832, 
and d. Aug 27, 1845, aged 33 ; his wife, Sophia, d. March 23, 
1835, aged 29 ; William Arthur, Feb. 15, 1811. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 339 

KEYES, Dea. JOHiV,* whose wife was Sarah, was one of 
the founders of this chh., a strong pillar therein, and its first dea- 
con. He lived in the N. P., at "Spring Garden," and in 1729 
was living on house lot, No. 4:2 ; where from unknown. 1 do 
not find his name, nor any thing of an individual of his family in 
all the records I have seen, other than those of this town and 
chh., and very liltle is to be found here relative to his family. 
Not any of his children appear to have been b. here. Phebe 
Keyes was ad. to this chh. in 17-23, and then called the D. of 
Dea. John Keyes ; she d. Sept. 16, 1718 ; "Huldah, D. of Dea. 
John Keyes and Sarah, his wife," d. Dec. 19, 17-26, in her 13lh 
year ; " Sarah Keyes, neice of Dea. John," was ad. to this chh, 
from that in Lancaster, in 1724 ; perhaps a D. of James, who 
was Rep. there in 1733 ; he also had John, who, with his fam- 
ily, will be noticed towards the close of this family name. Sarah, 
who m. Peter Buder, may have been his " neice," and not his 
D. Neither his, nor his wife's death is on record here ; he is 
sup|)osed to have been b. in 1664, and to have d. about 1748 or 
9 ; if so, his age was not far from 84. 

KEYES, Maj. JOHN (sup. s. of Elias, of Sud.) m. in 
Marlboro', March 11, 1<396, Mary, D. of Gershom Eames, (who 



* Probably g. s. of Robert Keyes, who was in VVatertown in IC33, and whose 
wife was Sarah ; he d. there July IG, ]Gi7; they had Sarah, b. there, 2G, 3 1633 ; 
Rebecca, 17. 1 . IG38 ; Mary, 17. 4. 1C39 ; Elias, 20. 3. 1G43 ; and perhaps other sons, 
one or more of whom probably went to Chelmsford and vicinity. Klias settled in 
Sudbury, where he m. Sarah Blanford, Sept. 11, 1GG3, and had Elias, b. Nov. 15, 
1666; James, Sept. 13, 1670; Sarah, April 11, 1G73 ; and Thomas, Feb. 8, 1674; 
and perhaps John, afterwards, Major John. Peter Keyes and his wife, FJizabeth, 
were also in Sudbury, and had Esther, b. theie Feb. 12, 1667; Deacon John, may 
have been his son. In a record there, but not an official one, I saw, among the 
names and births of sundry early settlers, the name, &c., of John Keyes; it was 
simply this, "John Keyes, b. 1661-." He may have been the Dea. John, who set- 
tled in Shrewsbary, yet, and if so, it furnishes no clue to his parentage ; and that 
of Maj. John is unknown, yet not resting in so much uncertainty ; he was not far 
from ten years younger than Dea. John, and, according to his age. at the time of 
his dea'h, b. about 1G7.5. It is not improbable he was the son of Elias, whose sons, 
Elias, James and Thomas, b. in Sudbury, next appear in Marlboro', and also Maj. 
John, all of them having families there between 1696 and 1702. Thomas, and 
51aj. John, with their families, came here, and were among the first settlers ; sons 
'of the other two brothers accompanied them, or followed soon after. 



340 FAMILY REGISTER. 

d. early in life, and in Watertovvn, Nov. 25, 1676 ; she was b. 

four months after her father's decease ; her mother, originally 

Hannah Johnson, was then under twenty years of age, and, by a 

2d marriage, was the mother of Col. Nahum Ward.) It may 

■• ,-/ f be, that it was to him, house lot No. 16 was granted, in 1718, 

^ ^ in the record of which he is called Jim. ; he was Junior of the 

*| other John, afterwards Deacon, 07ili/ in years. Neither of them 

,;*."' had, probably, at that time, a title, whereby to be distinguished, 

p one from the other. The elder John, in the early records made 

by him as Clerk, styled himself John Keyes, Sen., and the other 

John, John Keyes, Jun. ; a mode of discrimination, not uncom- 

mon in that day, and since, as appears by the town records, when 

there were two of the same name in town, although not father 

and son. 

JOHN KEYES, afterwards Major, was living here in Aug. 
1723, and was one of the founders of the chh. It was in Aug. 
of that year, that his new and old house were burnt, and three 
of his sons perished in the flames ; (see Bragg, Ebenezer,) tiiey 
were sleeping in the new house ; their names and ages were given 
by Rev. Mr. Breck, of Marlboro', in his published account of 
that grievous and awful dispensation, in which, among other things, 
he remarked, that " Capt. Keyes and his wife, and four daugh- 
ters, lodged in the old one, which was also burnt, but the people 
were saved." The names of his four daughters, who were sav- 
ed, were, probably, not until recently known to any one, now liv- 
ing. Here the leader will find them, and, perhaps, have his 
sympathies awakened, even now, in behalf of those, who have 
long sinc^ gone to their rest. His children were Gershom, b. in 
169S ; Mary, in 1700, and m. Daniel Rand, in 1720 ; Solomon, 
in 1703 ; Hannah, in 1706, and m. Gershom Flagg, in 1725 ; 
Thankfitl, in 1709, and m. Jonas Keyes, in 172S; John, \n 
1712 ; Sarah, in 1715, and m. Joshua Wilder, Dec. 21, 1731, 
and removed to Princeton, of which they were the first settlers ; 
Stephen, in 1718. They were all born in Marlboro', and their 
births recorded there. The three last named sons were those 
who perished in the burning of the new house. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 341 

Maj. Keyes was hii;hly esteemed, and extensively known ; a 
man of note in his day ; and wlien spoken of after his death, 
was called " the famous iMaj. John Keyes." He d. here, March 
31, 1768, aged 93 years and 7 mos. ; his wid. Mary, April 6, 
1772, ai^ed 95 years and 1 mo. ; they lived to a remarkable age, 
and with each other in the marriage state, upwards of 72 years } 
tlie longest period of the like tliat is to be found on record. 

KEYES, GERSHOM (s. of Maj. John) whose wife was 
Sarah, was living on house lot No. 15, in 17-29 ; his wife was ad. 
to the chh. here in I7i^7. Chil. none on record here. The fol- 
lowini^ are at Marlboro', viz : Francis, b. in 1719 ; Humphrey^ 
in 17-21 ; Lucretia, in 172-3 ; Levinah, in 1726 j Elizabeth, in 
1728. He removed to Boston and became a wealthy and dis- 
tinguished merchant. 

KEYES, THOMAS, b. in 1674 (s. of Elias, of Sud.) whose 
wife was Elizabeth, came here with a family from Marlboro', and 
was living on house lot No. 28, in 1729. Chil. Jonathan, b. in 
1702; Cyprian, in 1706; Dinah, in 1710; and Thomas, in 
1713, all in Marlboro'. 

KEYES, JONATHAN, Deacon in the N. P. (s. of Thomas) 
m. Patience Morse, of Marlboro', Nov. 11, 1727 ; they were ad. 
to this chh. in 1728; he d. June 25, 1778, aged 76, and his 
wife, Patience, May 1, 1776, aged 71. Cliil. Jonathan, b. Jan. 

21, 1728 ; Miriam, Oct. 7, 1729, and d. young ; Dinah, Aug* 

22, 1731, and d. in 1733 ; Timothy, bap. Nov. 4, 17-33, and m. 
Prudence Wilder, May 1, 1755, and removed to the Northerly 
part of Rutland ; Miriam, Dec. 14, 1735, and sup. m. Artemas 
Maynard, of Princeton, May 27, 1762 ; Thomas, Dec. 24, 
1737, perhaps the Thomas Keyes who m. Mary Temple, April 
25, 1765, and then called of Westminster ; Benjamin, Jan. 29, 
1740; Asa, bap. July 4, 1742, and d. in 1745 ; Catharine and 
Dinah, Aug. 15, 1744 ; the former d. infant, the latter, in 1752 ^ 
Catharine, Oct. 9, 1747, and sup. m. Jonathan Warren Smith, 
in 1774. 



343 * FAMILY REGISTER. 

KEYES, CYPRIAN, Deacon in both parishes (s. of Thom- 
as,) m. Hepzibah Howe, in Sudbury, Dec. 15, 1729; (she was 
sis. of Ezekiel Howe, who d. here in 1800, and of Eliphalet, 
who settled in the IV. part of Rutland,) he was ad. to this chh. 
in I7-28, and his wife, in 173(t, from Sud.chh. He d. in Boyls- 
ton, June 18, 1802, aged 95, 9 mos., and his wife, Hepzibah, 
April 15, 1792, aged 66. Chil. on record here, Hepzibah, b. 
Nov. 9, 1730, and rn. Jotham Bush, in 1750 ; Elizabeth, Aug. 
17, 1732, and sup. m. Oliver Dakin, of Sud. Nov. 16, 1749; 
Cyprian, Jan. 9, 1735 ; Levinah, Feb. 2, 1737, and d. in 1756 ; 
Fersis, Jan. 22, 1739, and m. Ezra Beaman, in 1758 ; David, 
bap. Aug. 30, 1741, and d. in 1745. 

KEYES, HENRY (perhaps a bro. of Dea. Cyprian) was 
here no doubt before 1728, as his wife, whose name was Ruth, 
was ad. to this chh. in 1728 ; he was living on house lot No. 45, 
in 1729 ; and d. before Jan. 1757, soon after his return from 
camp. Isaac Temple and Cyprian Keyes, his Executors, receiv- 
ed from the public Treasury, £0.16.6, to reimburse his expenses 
borne by himself in returning from camp. Chil. Ruth, b. July 
24, 1728 ; Reuben, Feb. 19, 1730 ; Priscilla, Aug. 25, 1731, 
and m. Daniel Hast'ngs, Jr., in 1753; Mary, Feb. 12, 1734 ; 
Elizabeth, March 27, 1736, and sup. m. Bezaleel Maynard, in 
1754 ; Olive, Mav 17, 1738, and m. Jonas Temple, in 1756 ; 
Simeon, bap. March 30, 1740 ; a so7i (record torn) b. Nov. 16, 
1743 ; Eunice, April 19, 1745, and sup. m. Abel Holt, Oct. 
21, 1765. 

KEYES, OLIVER (son of unknown) m. here, Re- 
becca Patterson, Nov. 13, 1727 ; both ad. to chh. in 1728, and 
lived in the N. P. Chil. Lydia, b. Feb. 25, 1729 ; Titus, Jan. 
24, 1731; Joanna, April, 16, 1733; Oren, Sept. 14, 1735, 
and d. infant ; Stephen, Feb. 8, 1738 ; Sarah, April 6, 1740, 
and d. in 1745; Elizabeth, May 16, 1742, and d. in 1745; 
Esther, March 29, 1745, and d. infant; Abijah, Sept. 17, 
1746. 



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KEYES, ELI as, b. 1694 (s. of James and Hannah, of 
Marlboro', and g. s. of Elias, of Sud.) m. Kezia Brigliam, in 
IMarlboro', Dec. 13, 17 IS, and was one of the IG founders of 
the chh. here ; his wife was ad. to it in 1721. Chil. Klias, b. 
July 22, 1719 ; Mary, April 13, 1721, and d. in 1724 ; David, 
Sept. 20, 1722; Robert, April 18, 1725; Mary, Dec. 12, 
1726; Charles, April 29, 1728; Keziah, Feb. 13, 1730; 
Paul, Sept. 16, 1731 ; Ztnas, March 9, 1733, and d. in 1740 ; 
Martha, June 27, 1730 ; Thnddcus, June 17, 173S ; and Deliv- 
erance, March 14, 1740. " Tiie parents were dismissed from 
this chh. in 1744, to the chh. in a new town, at Housatonic, call- 
ed No. 2 ;" now JNew Marlboro'. 

KEYES, ELIAS, Jr. (s. of Elias) whose wife was Sarah, 
was ad. to this chh. in 1742, and dismissed at the same time 
and to the same chh. his father was. Child, Zenas, b. May 
20, 1742. 

KEYES, EBENEZER (s. of unknown) m. Tamar^ 

D. of Dea. Samuel Wheelock, July 31, 1726, lived in the N.' 
P., and was ad. to this chh. in 1735. Chil. Huldah, b. April 
19, 1727, and m. Elijah Rice, about 1748; Elisha, Feb. 15, 
1729; Tamar and IVyphena, Jan. 5, 1731 ; the former m. 
Jonathan Knight, of Worcester, Oct. 20, 1756; the latter m. 
Jacob Hinds, in 1756; Ebenezcr, Nov. 4, 1733; Hepzibah, 
June 2, 1736, and m. Bezaleel Gleason, of Worcester, Dec. 6, 
1758; Hannah, April 17, 1742, and m. Ebenezer Drury, Oct. 
29, 1761. 

/J- ^ 
KEYES, ELI (s. of ^fU-.) m. Mary, D. of Dea. Samuel 

Wheelock, Oct. 28, 1734, and lived in the N. P. Chil. Eli, b. 

March 24, 1738; Nathaniel, Sept. 6, 1739; Ebenezcr, July 

25, 1741 ; Mary, Oct. 24, 1743, and sup. m. David Cutting, in 

1767 ; Ezra, Jan. 24, 1750. 

KEYES, ROBERT (s. of -) m. Martha, D. of Asa 

Bouker, Dec. 24, 1740, and was ad. to the chh. here in 1742, 



344 FAMILY REGISTER. 

and his wife in 1745. Chil. as recorded here, Stephen, b. Jan. 
19, 1742, and d. in 1748; Jonas, Dec. 24, 1743; Martha, 
Dec. 6, 1745 ; Anna, June 21, 1748 ; Lucy, Aug. 15, 1750 ; 
Phebe, July 31, 1752; Abraham, March 10, 1755 ; Mary, " at 
Wachusett, but not in any township," July 19, 1757; Solomon, 
June 28, 1762. " The parents were dismissed from this chh. in 
1764, to one about to be at Princeton." 

it is said Robert Keyes d. in Princeton, March 1, 1795, aged 
84 — if so, he was b. about 1711, and was 1 1 years older than 
Martha at the time of her marriage. It could hardly be Robert 
of Elias, who m. Martha Bouker, and I can find no other Rob- 
ert ; he was not 16 years old in 1740, when she was m., and 
she, herself, was then 21. 

KEYES, JAMES, b. in 1696 (s. of James and Hannah, of 
Marl.) was living on house lot No. 19, in 1730. His s. Jonas, 
d. in 1735 ; his wife, whose name is not on record here, d. be- 
fore 1739, as on the 4th of Jan, in that year, he m. Abigail Rugg, 
of Sudbury. She was ad. to this chh. in 1742, from that in Sud- 
bury. Chil. Jonas, b. Oct, 2, 1739; Meliscent, June 2, 1741, 
and m. Levi Goodnow, of Marlboro', June 8, 1762; Submit, 
bap. April 24, 1743. 

KEYES, JONAS (s. of ) m. Thankful, D. of Maj. 

John Keyes, Aug. 20, 1731. Chil. Olive or Alice, bap. May 
27, 1733 J Rachel, April 17, 1735, and sup. m. Thomas Miles, 
in 1767. 

A Rachel Keyes was pub. to Jonathan Barnard, of Sutton, 
April 3, 1756. The above Jonas is sup. to have m. Olive Tem- 
ple, Nov. 22, 1 756. 

KEYES, JONATHAN, Jun. (son of Dea. Jonathan) m. 
Sarah Taylor, Jan. 23, 1752, perhaps D. of Ebenezer, and lived 
in the N. P Chil. Solomon, b. June 25, 1753 ; Dinah, Jan. 23, 
1755, and d. in 1756 ; Sarah, Dec. 21, 1756 ; Ebenezer, Oct. 
24, 1760 ; Salma, Sept. 6, 1762 ; Francis, Oct. 13, 1765. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 345 

KEYES, THOMAS (s. sup. of Dea, Jonathan) m. Mary, 
D. of Isaac Temple, April 15, 1765; lie was then called of 
Westminster ; he lived in the N. 1\ Chil. Lucy, who d. here, 
April 4, 1776, aged 10 and 8 mos. ; Asa, b. Sept. 21, 1768 ; 
Francis, April 15, 1771; Luther, Sept. 20, 1772, and d. in- 
fant ; Lucy, July 27, 1778 ; Luther, May 8, 1781. 

KEYES, CYPRIAN, Jr. (s. of Dea. Cyprian) m. Martha, 
D. of John Bush, May 27, 1756, and lived in the N. P. Chil. 
David, b. July 13, 1757, and d. Nov. 23, 1775 ; his parents are 
called of Princeton, in the record of his death ; Cyprian, Jan. 
31, 1759 ; Israel, July 20, 1760, and m. Dolly or Dorothy Tem- 
ple, in 1782 ; Patty, according to one record, another says Mary, 
b. Feb. 4, 1762 ; Peabody, Nov. 1, 1763 ; Levinah, March 25, 
1765; Persis, April 5, 1767; Hizabcth, Jan. 1763; Lucy, 
May 13, 1770. 

KEYES, TITUS (s. of Oliver) m. Esther Perham, of Up- 
ton, in 1757. Child, Oren, b. IMarch 23, 1758. 

KEYES, ELISHA (s. of Ebenezer) m. Catharine Baker, 
D. sup. of Thomas Baker, July 19, 1757, and lived in the S. 
W. part of the town; he d. here Feb. 18, 1811, aged 82, 
and his wife, Catharine, Nov. 9, 1797, aged 60. Chil. Eber, b. 
Aug. 29, 1753 ; Azubah, May 13, 176 s, and m. Henry Bald- 
win, Jr., in 1786 ; Ashley, May 3, 1762, and d. in 1763 ; Eliz- 
abeth, Oct. 31, 1763, and m. Calvin Newton, in 1787 ; Ashley, 
Nov. 29, 1765, and m. Anna Willard, Oct. 20, 1738 ; Leivis, 
July 31, 1768 ; Mary, June 16, 1773, and d. Oct. 26, 1784 ; 
Nahum, Dec. 15, 1776. 

KEYES, YAA, Jr. (s. of Eli) m. Hannah Howe, April 1, 
1762. Chil. Ezra, b. Jan. 27, 1763 ; Daniel, Nov. 17, 1764 ; 
Azubah, June 5, 1767. 

KEYES, SIMEON, (son of Henry) m. Lucy, D. of Isaac 
Temple, Dec. 5, 1765, and lived in the N. P., and d. Jan. 21, 
44 



346 FAMILY REGISTER. 

1782, aged 42, and his wife, Lucy, Oct. 9, 1779, aged 35. Chil. 
Reuben, b. Sept. 15, 1766 ; Henry, Aug. '22, 1768 ; Ruth, July 
12, 1770; Elizabeth, March 21,1773; Ta bitha, Ma\ch \b, 
1775 ; Isaac, May 13, 1777 ; Simeon, Aug. 26, 1779. Sim- 
eon Keyes, perhaps ihe father of the above chil. was pub. to 
Abigail Ward, of Sutton, Nov. 9, 1781. 

KEYES, BENJAMIN (s. of Dea. Jonathan,) m. Lucy Mer- 
riain, of Oxford, in 1767, and lived in the N. P. Chil. Bc7i' 
jamin, b. Feb. 23, 1768 ; Joel, July 9, 1770 ; Amasa, Dec. 
16, 1773. 

KEYES, SOLOMON, b. 1727 (s. of Solomon, of Marlbo- 
ro',) whose wife was Sarah, had Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1756. 

KEYES, STEPHEN, (s. of Oliver,) whose wife was Eliza- 
beth, had Levinah, b. July 6, 1760; Elizabtih, Oct. 3, 1762; 
Gerrish, July 2, 1767. 

KEYES, JOHN (s. of Dea. John, and the only one of all 
the foregoing, that appears to be so of record,) m. Abigail, D. 
of Dea. Jonathan Livennore, Nov. 26, 1741 ; she was then 
called of VVesiboro' ; they lived in the N. P., and were both ad. 
to this chh. in 1742. The chh. record is thus : " John Keyes 
admitted to full chli. privilege, Dec. 5, 1742 — the son of Dea. 
John Keyes." "Abignil, the wife of John Keyes, ad. &,c., Dec. 
5, 1742," It seems remarkable that Dea. John, then probably 
76 years old, should have a son, entering into family state, appa- 
rentlv for the first time, so late as 1741. Huldah, D. of Dea. 
John, according to her a%e at the lime of her decease, was b. in 
1713. His son John, is said to have d. in Boylston ; his age un- 
known. Chil. Simon, h. Oct. 6, 1742, and settled in Wilton, 
N. H. ; Ahigail, Dec. 20, 1743, and m. William Hawkins, of 
Norihboro', in 1766; Elizabeth, A|iril 6, 1746, and m, Joshua 
Blanchard, of Wilton, N. H., Feb. 6, 1770; John,Au-.l, 
1753, and m. Lucy Hale, ol Wmchendon, Sept. 4, 1777, and 
went to Wilton, thence to Princeton, and d. there ; Thomas, 



FAMILY REGISTER. 347 

July 8, 1755, m. Atlierton, and lived in Noitliboro' ; his 

2d wife was Eunice Knight, of Bolton ; Silas, Aug. 7, 1757 ; 
Hhoda, March 31, 17.59, and m. William Bales, of Wilton; 
Ephraim, March 14, 1761, and m. Sarah Gerry; Phebe, 
who rn. Stephen Buss, of Wihon, in 1771 ; Lydia, who m. 

Uriah Smith, of Wilton, in 1771 ; Sarah, who m. 

Hall, and next, Jewett ; Submit, who m. Israel Howe, 

of Princeton. 

KEYES, SILAS (s. of the preceding) m. Sarah Lovejoy, 
of Methuen, and d. Aug. 18, 1810, aged 83, and his wife, Sarah, 
June 19, 1830, aged 71. Chil. Sarah, b. at Wilton, N. H., 
May 1, 1782, and d. unm. ; Jemima, at Princeton, Feb. 16, 
1784, and m. Nathaniel Howard, of Wilton, July 4, 1820 ; Si- 
las, Dec. 29, 1783, and m. Rebecca Pratt, of Temple, l\'. H., 
Sept. IS, 1832; Phebe, Aug. 17, 1787, and m. Moses Tyler, 
of Boston ; Ephraim, March — , 1789, and went to N. Y. ; 
Jonathan, JMarch 6, 1791, and m. Miriam Tyler, of Wilton, 
Sept. 30, IS19 ; Joanna, at Northboro', Nov. 7, 1793, and m. 
Hubbard C. Currier, of Bow, N. H., Jan. 13, 1828; Persis, 
Feb. 13, 1795, and m. Azor IMaynard, of Northboro' ; Abigail, 
May 7, 1797, and m. William Rand Stacy ; Warren, June 23, 
1799, and m. Lucy Wheeler Cummings, of Temj)le, Nov. 
6, 1823. 

KEYES, LEWIS (s. of Elisha) m. Sarah, D. of Joseph 
Stone, Oct. 30, 1793, and d. March 25, 1798, aged 29, and his 
wid. Sarah, June 16, 1799, aged 26. Chil. Emerson, b. Oct. 5, 
1794, and d. Dec. 2, 1816; Lewis, March 6, 1796, and d. 
young. 

Most of the Keyes families lived in the North Parish, and were 
no longer of this town, after it became Boylston. In the death 
of Emerson Keyes, s. of Lewis, the name of Keyes became ex- 
tinct here, and so remains. It is said, that for many years past, 
there has not been a family of that name in Boylston. 



348 FAMILY REGISTER. 

KNOWLTON, JOSEPH* (s. of Thomas and Margery) 
and his wife, Abigail, were ad. to tiiis chh.. from that in Ipswich, 
in March, 1733; she d. July 3, 1748; his death not on record. 
Chil. b. before the parents came, and not on record here, Mar- 
gery, who 6. heve Feb. 5, 1740; Joseph; Thomas, who was 
killed by the Frencli and Indians at Hoosac Fort, Aug. 17, 1745 ; 
and perhaps odiers. Nathan, h. here, Jan. 28, 1733 ; Samuel 
and Nathaniel, Jan, 21, 1737 ; Israel, Jan. 28, 1740. 

KNOWLTOx^, JOSEPH, Jun. (s. of Joseph) m. Mary, 
D. of Deac. Ezeziel Knovvlton, Sept. 21, 1749 ; he was ad. to 
this chh. in 1774, at which time his wife, Mary was, probably, 
not living ; he was dismissed to the chh. in Ward, in 1790. Chil. 
on record here; Abigail, b. June 29, 1750; -^sa, Sept. 21, 
1752; Anna, Oct. 7, 1754; (r/'ace, July 23, 1756, and m. 
Jonah Goulding, of Grafton, in 1777 ; Nathan, May 16, 17G0 ; 
Joseph, May 4, 1761 ; Mary, Aug. 23, 1763, and m. Joseph 
Boyden, of Ward, Dec. 15, 1785; iiac/te/, March 15, 1765, 
and m. Jasper Rand, in 1783 ; Samuel, July 6, 1769 ; Asahel, 
Nov. 23, 1773. 

KNOWLTON, NATHAN (bro. of the preceding) the name 
of whose wife is not on record, had James, bap. July, 1774, and 
Samuel, b. Nov. 13, 1778. 

KNOWLTON, NATHAN (s. sup. of Joseph, Jun.) m. 
Abigail, D. of Deac. Benjamin Maynard, Jan. 8, 1782. Chil. 



* William, John and Thomas Knowlton were in Ipswich, in 1G42. John d. in 
1G.51, leaving John, Abraham and Elizabeth. Thomas, bro. of John, was a Deac. 
there in 1648, and d. April 3, 1692. — Farmer. Felt's History of Ipstvich. 

He may have been the Thomas, or father of the Thomas Knowlton, who m. Han- 
nah Green, 24. 9. 1668, I think, in Ro.xbury. Thomas Knowlton and Margery 
Goodhue, ■' both of Ipswich," were m. in Watertown, Dec. 2, 1692. She was the 
D. of Deac. William Goodhue, who was in Ipswich in 1633, and whose wife was 
Alargery Watson. They were probably from England. 

Joseph and Ezekiel Knowlton, said by the descendants of the latter, who was b. 
about 1707, to have been brothers, both of whom settled here, were sons of Thomas 
and Margery. In some old records, this name is NoUon. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 349 

Benjamin, bap. Oct. G, 1782 ; and Saroh, bap. July 20, 1783. 
The parents removed to Nevvfane, Vt. Benjamin may have been 
the Benjamin Knowlton, who d. here Oct. 21, 1S38, aged 57. 

KNOVVLTOiV, JOSEPH (s. of Joseph, Jun.) m. Priscilla, 
D. of Jotham Howe, March 11, 1784, and resided where Abner 
Harlow now lives, and owned the mills there. Chil. Relief, b. 
March 17, 1785 ; Mart/, June 11, 1787 ; Samuel, May 1, 1791, 
and d. infant ; Hollis, June 18, 1793 ; Sarah, Aug. 26, 1795 ; 
Samuel, Jan. 14, 1798 ; fValter Howe, Aug. 10, 1800 ; Caro- 
line, April 20, 1303 ; William, July 1, 1805. This family re- 
moved to Ohio. 

KNOWLTON, Deac. EZEKIEL. (bro. of Joseph first 
mentioned) m. Susanna, D. of Capt. Morgan and his wife, 
Susanna Pitts, from England. (Capt. Morgan d.on the voyage 

hither, and his vvid. Susanna, m. Clark.) They probably 

came here from Manchester, as they were dis. from the chh. 
there, and ad. to this in 1731. He d. March 14, 1774, in his 
67th year, and his wid. Susanna, March 17, 1794, aged 86. 
Chil. Mary, b. May 16, 1731, and m. her cousin, Joseph Knowl- 
ton, Jun., in 1749; Susanna, April 19, 1733, and in. Gershom 
Wheelock, Jun., in 1757 ; Deborah, Dec. 23, 1734, ad. to chh. 
in 1757, and m. Jabez Bigelow, of Westminster, Oct. 5, 1761 ; 
Ezckiel, May 1, 1736, and m. Anna, D. of Joseph Miles, Oct. 
4, 1759, and settled in Westminster; LuJce, Oct. 24, 1738; 
William, April 29, 1741 ; Sarah, Jan. 28, 1745, and m. James 
Symonds, of Templeton, May 19, 1766; Margery, June 1, 
1747, and m. Joshua Bigelow, of Westminster, April 11, 1764; 
Thomas, April 27, 1750. 

K.NOWLTON, LUKE, (s. of Deac. Ezekiel) m. Sarah, D, 
sup. of Ephraim Holland, July 29, 1760, and both ad. to this 
chh. in 1765. Chil. Calvin, b. Jan. 22, 1761, and m. Sophia 
Willard, of Petersham, Feb. 3, 1793 ; he was then of Newfane ; 
Martha, Dec. 5, 1762; Silas, Dec. 19, 1764; Sarah, May 2, 
1767 ; Alice, July 22, 1769 ; Lucinda, Aug. 8, 1771, and m. 



350 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Samuel Willard, of Petersham, in 1791 ; she was then of Newfane. 
These children's births are all recorded here, probably they were 
not all b. here. " The father was in covenant relation with the 
chh. at New Rutland," in 1762, when his D. Martha was bap. 
here. " The parents were dis. from this chh. to the covenanting 
brethren in Newfane, in 1774, in order to be formed into a chh. 
state there," of which Hezekiah Taylor, dis. from here at the 
same time, was Pastor elect. 

KNOWLTON, Deac. WILLIAM (s. of Deac. Ezekiel) 
m. Hannah, D. of Joseph Hastings, Oct. 22, 1764, and is sup. 
to have lived some years in Templeton, where several of his first 
chil. were b., and whose births are not recorded here, viz: Han- 
nah, who m. Capt. Thomas Harrington, in 17S4 ; Asa ; Susan- 
7ia, who m. John Smith Whitney, of Westboro', May 4, 1799; 
Artemas ; and perhaps others. The parents were ad. to this 
chh. from that in Templeton, in June, 1778; chil. on record 
here, WiUiam,h. June 20, 1777; Scth, May 11, 1781; and 
Joseph Hastings, March 22, 1785. Deac. W. Knowlton d. 
here Sept. 13, 1820, aged 79, and his wid. Hannah, Oct. 25, 
1832, aged 87. 

KNOWLTON, Capt. THOMAS (s. of Deac. Ezekiel) m. 
Elizabeth Bacheller, of Grafton, in April, 1771. His two story 
dwelling house was burnt in 1776. Chil. Susa7ina, b. March 22, 
1772, and d. in 1776 ; Cynthia, July 9, 1773, and d. in 1776 ; 
Elizabeth, Sept. 26, 1775 ; Ezeldel, April 28, 1777 ; Susanna, 
May 2, 1779, and m. Thomas Witherby, Jun., in 1800 ; Luke^ 
July 30, 1782; Thomas, Nov. 17, 1784; Amasa, March 10, 
1787; Cynthia, March 19, 1789; Mark Bacheller, Oct. 9, 
1791 ; Hannah Ward, Feb. 10, 1795, and m. Daniel Gilbert 
Noyes, in 1817. The parents were ad. to chh, in 1809. Capt. 
Knowlton d. Aug. 22, 1829, aged 79 ; and his wid. Elizabeth, 
Jan. 7, 1833, aged 83. 

KNOWLTON, ASA (s. of Deac. W^illiam) m. Olive Waite, 
Feb. 2, 1789. Chil. (no births recorded here) William, who 



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went to Illinois ; and Asa. The father's death not on record 
here ; liis vvid. Olive, m. Lewis Smith, in 1826. 



KNOWLTON, WILLIAM (s. of Deac. William) m. Clara, 
D. of Samuel Smith, May 4, 1799, and settled in Holden. Chil. 
Martha, who m. Seth Follet, of Grafton, April 2, 1826, and 
Julia, who m. Jesse Peirks, in 182L 

KNOWLTON, ARTEMAS (s. of Deac. William) m. Hul- 
dah Lyon, in 1798. Chil. Seth, b. Aug. 29, 1799, and Debo- 
rah, Feb. 25, 1804. He removed to Charlton, but d. here, May 
16, 1834, aged 63. 

KNOW^LTON, Dr. SETH (s. of Deac. William) m. Relief, 
D. of Gideon Howe, in 1802, and d. April 12, 1832. aged 51. 
Chil. Darwin, h. Aug. 8, 1802 ; Charles, at Lancaster, Nov. 4, 
1803, and drowned in Quinsigamond pond, Dec. 26, 1822; Eu- 
nice, in Boylston, April 7, 1806, and d. in 1803; Artemas,*'m 
do., Feb. 19, 1809; William Seth, b. here, Sept. 28, 1810 ; 
Eunice, J^n. 6; 1813, and m. Elbridge G. Putnam, in April, 
1831; (their chil. Anna Elizabeth ; William Henry, deceased; 
William Henry, and Francis.) Nancy, Nov. 23, 1814, and ni. 
Horrace Stow, and next Edward B. Rice, Jan, 3, 1843 ; Calvin, 
Jan. 2, 1817 ; Dolly, Dec. 2, 1818, and m. Joseph P. Leland, 
in April, 1837, and had Nancy Hellen. 

KNOWLTON, JOSEPH H. (s. of Deac. William) m. 
Chloe Forbush, of Westboro', in 180G. A Deacon in the Re- 
storation Society, and lives on the homestead. Chil. William 
Hastings, b. March 8, 1807; Hannah Ward, Sept, 16, 1808; 
Mary Ann Bachellcr, IMay 12, 1810, and m. Jabez Newton, of 
Westboro', in 1832; Joseph Forbush, Aug. 20, 1811 ; Susan 
Witherhy, Feb. 20, 1814 ; Relief Maria, Feb. 7, 1816 ; Loren- 
zo Clark, April 23, 1818; Caroline Elizabeth Amelia, Sept. 
3, 1820; Frances Augusta, June 26, 1823, 



352 FAMILY REGISTER. 

KNOWLTON, ASA, Jun. (s. of Asa) m. Damaris, D. of 
Daniel Howe. Ohil, Adaline, b. June 2, 1820, and m. Simeon 
INevvton, of Westboro', and d. in 1846; Charles, July 4, 1822. 

KNOWLTON, DARWIN (s. of Dr. Seth) m. Sarah Nel- 
son, D. of Capt. T. Harrington, Jun., April 30, 1828. Chil. 
Charles Thomas, b. Jan. 7, 1829 ; Relief Mixer, Jan. 21, 1831 ; 
Hannah Hastings, Oct. 11, 1832 j Daniel Harrington, June 
25, 1835. 

KNOWLTON, ARTEMAS (s. of Dr. Seth) m. Eveline 
Smith, in Nov. 1835. She d. Nov. 2, 1837, aged 21 ; and, in 
May, 1841, he m. Mary Hill. 

KNOWLTON, WILLIAM S. (s. of Dr. Seth) m. Hannah, 
D. of Capt. T. Harrington, Jun., Feb. 23, 1832. She d. Nov. 
10, 1833, aged 22 ; and, in Aug. 1837, he m. Miriam Dresser. 
Child, Julius, b. Nov. 28, 1838. 

KNOWLTON, CALVIN (s. of Dr. Seth) m. Mary C. 
Warren, in Jan. 1838. Chil. Henry C. and Edward B. 

KNOWLTON, WILLIAM H. (s. of Deac. Joseph H.) m. 
Susan Lee, D. of Benjamin Brigham, March 31, 1828. Chil. 
Susan Ellen, b. Dec. 26, 1828 ; Adelaide Mary and Manj 
Adelaide, May 19, 1831 ; Everett miliarn, Sept. 26, 1832; 
Lucy Maria, May 21, 1835 ; William Everett, Sept. 26, 1836. 

KNOWLTON, JOSEPH F. (s. of Deac. Joseph H.) m. 
Huldah Newton, of Westboro', June 2, 1833. She d. May 2, 
1839, aged 27. Chil. Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 8, 1835 ; Su- 
san Maria, March 27, 1837 ; Joseph Henry, April 25, 1839. 

KNOWLTON, EZEKIEL (s. of Capt. Thomas) m. Nelly 
Brown, of Fitchburg, and d. here, Nov. 29, 1828, aged 52. 
Chil. Lincoln Brown, b. Dec. 15, 1805; William Albert, 
April, 1809. 



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KNOWLTON, LUKE (s. of Capt. Thomas) m. Hitty, D. 
of Jasper Rand, Sept, 3, 1804, removed to Bridport, Vt., and d. 
Sept. 20, 1809, aged 27. Child, C/iarhs Luke, b. Feb. 1809, 
and in. Alony Ann, D. of Samuel Daman, Esq. of Holden. 

KNOWLTON, THOMAS, Jun. (s. of Capt. Thomas,) m. 
Rebecca, D. of Fisher Whiting, of Dedham, Nov. 1, 1809. 
She d. May 17, 1SI2, aged 22; and he, in Detroit, in August, 
183:2, aged 48. Chil. Rebecca IVhiiing, b. Oct. 9, 1810, and 
m. Dr. Adolphus Brigham, in 1832; Nancy Fisher, April 13, 
1812, and m. Asa Davis, Nov. 11, 1836, who d. at Chaumont, 
Jef. Co., N. Y., May 1, 1839, aged 30. 

KNOWLTON, AM ASA (s. of Capt. Thomas) m. Sarah 
Peirks, a widow, originally Bacheller, of Royalston, in 1816. 
Chil. Sarah Elizabeth, b. INlay 19, 1817; Catharine AngelinCy 
March 18, 1819; Asa Bacheller, April 7, 1825. 

KNOWLTON, MARK B. (s. of Capt. Thomas) m. Eliz- 
abeth, D. of Jonathan R. Smith, June 5, 1823, and lives on the 
homestead. Chil. Sarah An7i Janeite, and Caroline Antoinette, 
b. Feb. 15, 1824 ; Thomas Henry, Aug. 28, 1833, and Naiicy 
Maria, Oct. 29, 1836. 

KNOWLTON, ABRAHAM (said by the descendants of 
Ezekiel to have been s. of Thomas, and half bro. of Joseph and 
Ezekiel, first mentioned) m. Martha Lamson, jirobably of Ips- 
wich. They were ad. to this chh. in 1735 ; he, from the chh. 
in Marlboro', she, from the chh. in Ipswich. He. d. liere, Nov. 
3, 1768, aged 65, 5 mos. and 22 days ; * her death is not on 
record. Chil. Paul, b. April, 17, 1736 ; Silas, Sept. 9, 1737 ; 
Sarah, March 6, 1740, and d. in 1742; Abraham, bap. Sept. 
19, 1742, and d. in 1743 ; Robert, b. March 16, 1741, and d. 
in 1743 ; Robert, bap. March 18, 1744, and d. infant; Sarah, 



* Hence it appears he was b. in 1703. As Thomas and Margery (see last note,) 
were ni. in 1G92, he may liave been their son; but Ezekiel, b. about 1707, if a half 
bro. of Abraham, was the s. of Tliomas, by a 2d icife. 

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354 FAMILY REGISTER. 

b, June 24, 1746, and m. Daniel Drury, Jun. in 1765 ; Martha^ 
July 24, 1748, and m, Thomas Drury, of Temple, N. H., in 
1769 ; Abraham, Nov. 25, 1750. 

KNOWLTOx\, PAUL (s. of Abraham) m. Lucy Forbush, 
of Hardwick, in 17G9, and d. here, June 27, 1799, in his 64th 
year. His \vid. Lucy, ad. to this chh. in 1800, d. May 8, 1837, 
aged 85. Chil. Paul, b. Oct. 23, 1770, and settled in Hoosic, 
now Florida ; Lucy, Feb. 28, 1772, and m. Elijah Hall, of Graf- 
ton, Feb. 14, 1799 ; Robert, Dec. 7, 1773, and m. Lydia Thurs- 
ton, of Westboro', in 1807 ; Daniel, Dec. 9, 1775 ; Sarah, Nov. 
11, 1777, and sup. m. Samuel Thurston, Jun., of Westboro', 
June 24, 1802 ; John, Jan. 5, 1780 ; Margery, Oct. 25, 1781, 
and sup. m. Zavan Perkins, of Weihersfield, Vt., Feb, 18, 1810 ; 
Joel, Nov. 1, 1783^ Bulah, Sept. 25, 1785, and m. Jonas 
Baker, of Boylston ; Ruth, Jan. 15, 1788, and m. Isaac Cutler, 
in 1823 ; Anna, Sept. 9, 1789, and m. Jonathan Newton, Feb. 
22, 1815 ; Jacob, May 17, 1791 ; Levi, June 9, 1797, and sup. 
m. Louisa Divoll, ol Leominster, in 1823. 

KNOWLTON, ABRAHAM (s. of Abraham) m. Lydia 
Bacheller, of Upton, in 1772; his wife, Lydia, d. Sept. 28, 
1803, aged 55i. Chil. Silas, b, June 3, 1773 ; Martha, June 
1, 1775, and m. Nathan Munroe, in 1805; Sarah, July 24, 
1777, and m. John White, of Northboro', in 1798, and d. June 
20, 1818, leaving Asa, John, and Moses Adams ; David, b. at 
Upton, Nov. 14, 1779; Lydia, at do., Oct. 21, 1781, and d. 
unm. June 26, 1808 ; Abraham, Aug. 4, 1784; Thankful, Oct. 
25, 1789. He next m. Lucy Whitney, of Upton, in 1805, and 
d. here April 12, 1807, aged 50.}. 

KNOWLTON, DANIEL, (s. of Paul) m. Mary Hemen- 
way, of Grafton, in 1804. Chil. on rec. here ; Mary, b. July 
5, 1604 ; Pamelia, Nov. 9, 1805 ; perhaps he removed to West- 
boro', where Daniel and Mary Knowlton had Adalinc, b. Sept. 
22, 1809; Daniel, Sept. 2, 1811, and Hepzlbah, Sept. 27, 
1813. He is said to have removed to Batavia, N, Y. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 355 

KNOVVLTON, JOEL (s. of Paul) m. Mary Brooks, of 
Crafton. Chil. Hud Farrar and Laura Brooks, b. Jan. 10, 
1810 ; John Chandler, Dec 26, 1812 j Elijah Brooh:s, Jan. 31, 
£315 j Daniel Harris, July 31, 1817. Removed to Grafton. 

KNOWLTON, SILAS (s. of Abraham and Lydia) m. Mer- 
cy Wakefield, of Sutton. Chil. Irene, b. June 20, 1799 ; Per- 
rin, Aug. 22, 1501 ; Newell, April 27, 1803 ; Dexter, Feb. 22, 
iS05; Lydia Bachellcr and Mary Davenport, May 7, 1807; 
Cabin Fletcher, Feb. 11, 1810. This family removed to Ohio, 

KNOWLTON, DAVID (bro. of Silas) m. Lucy Brigham, 
of Northboro', in 1800. Chil. Julia Ann, b. Dec. 4, 1800; 
Eli, Oct. 23, 1802; Artcmas Brigham, Sept. 15, 1804; El- 
bridge Gerry, Oct. 4, 1806 ; Abraham, Dec. 8, 1808 ; Lucy 
Caroline, Sept. 3, 181 1. He removed to N. Y., where he had 
David Bacheller, Marietta and Harriet, and d. Sept. 6, 1823, 
aged 44. 

KNOWLTON, ABRAHAM (bro. of the preceding) ra. 
Lucy Faulkner, of Upton, and had Mary Eleanor, b. Dec. 18, 
1808, and m. Lewis Brown, of Worcester, April 29, 1829; 
James Franklin, Nov. 1, 1810; Nancy Faulkner, Aug. 19, 
1812; Sarah White, March 15, 1815; and Thankful Emily, 
Jan. 9, 1817. He removed with his family to Brownsville, Ind,, 
in 1838, and d. in Oct. 1843, aged 59. 

KINGSLEY, ENOCK (from Windsor, Ct.) m. Sarah, wid, 
of Samuel Maynard, in 1760. No record here of the death of 
either of them ; it is said she d. Dec. 15, 1812, aged 84. Chil. 
Sarah, b. May 21, 1761, and m. Amos Smith, of Worcester, 
July 26, 1785 ; Mary, Dec. G, 1762, and m. Daniel Raymond, 
of Worcester, IVIarch 17, 1785 ; and perhaps Lois, who m. Noah 
Harrington, of Worcester Gore, July 27, 1784. 

KENDALL, CALEB m. Piiscilla, D. of Joshua Townsend^ 
Dec. 8, 1773. Chil. Priscilla, b. Jan. 20, 1777 ; and Caleb, 
Jan. 25, 1779. 



356 FAMILY REGISTER. 

KIMBALL, EPHRALM of Shrewsbury, and Mrs. Sarah 
Tuttle, of Littleton, were m. Nov. 28, 1765. So say Mid. Co. 
Records. His name does not appear on the town records ; per- 
haps went to Grafton. 

KINGSBURY, EBENEZER m. Sarah, D. of Jeremiah 
Whitiemore, of Spencer, May 9, 1797. They were ad. to this 
chh. in 1798, and dis. to that in Spencer, in 1801. He built 
and resided where Jonah Howe last lived. Child, Jeremiah 
fVhittemorc, b. July 1, 1798. 

KEMBLE, THOMAS HENRY (from Boston) m. Hannah, 
D. of Capt. Levi Pease, Feb. 9, 1796, and d. here March 4, 
1800, aged 28 ; his wid. Hannah, May 26, 1800, aged 36. Chil. 
Thomas, who d. April 4, 1799; Abigail, whod. Feb. 18, 1821, 
aged 23 ; all of consumption at the residence of Capt. Pease. 

KNIGHT, JOSIAH m. Sarah, wid. of Jonas Stone, Sept. 
24, 1805 ; and d. July 25, 1819, aged 47 and 8 mos. Child, 
Edwin Wallace, b. April 1, 181 1. 

KNEELAND, SOLOMON (from Boston) d. here Dec. 23, 
1775, aged SO. 

KITTREDGE, JUSTUS (s. of Dr. Jacob, and g. s. of John 
Bellows) m. Maranda E. Taylor, of West Boylston, in 1830. 
Chil. Austin Whitney, b. May 15, 1833; Lucius Wright, Dec, 
9, 1834; Francis Ellenj, Aug. 23, 1836; Albert Taylor, 
March 21, 1838 ; and Lucy Ann, Aug. 3, 1841. 

KITTREDGE, OTIS (bro. of the preceding) m. Prudence 
M. Hathern, of West Boylston, in 1831. No births of chil. on 
record, in 1841. 

LEATHE, ROBERT and his wife, Eunice, came here, sup. 
from Reading. They were ad. to this chh. from the first chh. 
there, in 1741. The name is Leathe on the record here, but has 



FAMILY REGISTER. 357 

probably been modernized to Lathe. They were dis. to the chh. 
in Grafton, in 1745. Cliil. on record here ; Asa, b. March 23, 
1733 ; there may be an error in the record ; if not, that son, Asa, 
deceased before June 9, 1741, when they had a son b. called 
Asa, and who was bap. the 14th of that mo. j Rhoda, bap. June 
26, 1743. 

LYON, JOSIAH, and his wife, Deborah, bad John, h. Oct. 
30, 1751 J perliaps it should be John Fisher; and others, of 
whom, Ephraim is sup. to have been one. He is sup. to have 
removed to Grafton soon after 1751. 

LYON, JOHN FISHER, (s. sup. of Josiah) m. Sarah, D. 
of Samuel Whitney, in 1777 ; lie was then of Grafton, and, after 
living here a iew years, removed to Harvard and d. there. Chil. 
b. here, Lydia, April 9, 1778; and John, Oct. 17, 1780. 

LYON, Capt. EPHRAIM (s. sup. of Josiah) came here 
about 1800, with his wife and s. Ephraim, and lived near North- 
boro' line, on the post road ; where he d. Feb. 24, 1820, aged 
84, and his wife, whose name is not on record here, Nov. 15, 
1815, aged 76. Of their chil., all probably b. in Grafton, were 
Deborah, who m. Capt. Charles Fay ; Mary, who m. Ebenezer 
Leland of Grafton ; Ephraim ; and, perhaps, Lydia, who m. 
Daniel Gregory, in 1790. 

Huldah Lyon m. Artemas Knowlton, in 1798. 

LYON, Capt. EPHRAIM, Jun. (s. of Ephraim) m. Lucy, 
D. of Deac. Jonathan Fassett, (Faivcett) of Boylston, Nov. 17, 
1799 ; and d. Nov. 14, 1835, aged 56. Chil. Hannah, b. April 
20, 1800, and m. Ebenezer H. Bowen, Sept. 9, 1822 ; they re- 
moved to Worcester, and she d. there ; Chandler, Aug. 9 1801 ; 
Louisa, March 14, 1803, and d. Jan. 5, 1806 ; Harriet, Jan. 2, 
1808, and m. Haliburton Lane, of Fitchburg, July, 1828 ; Lucy, 

June 2, 1809, and m. Beaman, of Fitchburg; Abigail 

Faivcett, Feb. 27, 1811, and m. Warren C. Sturtevant, of Bath, 
N. H.jOct. 8, 1833; Ephraim Fishcr,Feh. 9, 1S13, and d. 



358 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Sept. 2, 1829; George Sherman, Feb. 11, 1815; Elizabeth 
Louisa, March 30, 1817, and m. Goodenovv, of Boylston. 

LIVERMORE, ELTSHA m. Lucy Maynard, of Westboro', 
in 1780, and lived on the place recently of Henry Snow, Esq. 
Chil. Levi, b. Dec. 15, 1781 ; Emery, Oct. 10, 1783 ; Z>Mcy 
and Anna, bap. Nov. 6, 1785 ; Martha, bap. Aug. 3, 1788, and 
d. young ; Solomon, bap. May 5, 1790 ; Harvey, bap. Oct. 7, 
1792 ; Jubal, bap. June 14, 1795 ; and Martha, bap. Feb. 4, 
1798. 

LIVERMORE, JASON, whose wife was Mary, had Mar- 
tha, bap. here Sept. 8, 1782. Moses Livemiore and Lydia Har- 
rington, " both of Walihain," were m. here Sept. 17, 1783. 
The three may have been brothers. 

LOTHROP, OR VILE m. Sarah Fitch, of Leominster ; she 
d. Aug. 30, 1823, the year of her marriage, aged 23. He 
next m. Lucy Johnson, of Hardvvick, Jan. 30, 1825, a g. d. of 
Zebediah, an early settler in this town. Chil. Philip, b. Oct. 
23, 1825. 

MAYNARD, SIMON,* known as Sergeant "M^yrnxdi, (s. of 
Simon,) of Marlboro', b. in 1693, m. Sarah Church, there, Nov. 
18, 1718, and was living on house lot No. 14, in 1729, He was 



* John Maynard (the first I find of the name,) was one of the 47, who shared in 
the division of Sudbury meadows, in 1G38, where he was Selectman, and one of 
the petitioners for the grant of Marlboro', in 1G5G ; he removed there, and d. in 
nil ; his wife was Mary ; they had John, b. in 1661 ; Simon, in 1G6G 5 and Zacha- 
riah, in 1672, all in Marlboro'. 

Simon, whose wife was Hannah, had 8 chil.; among them were Simon, b. in 
1695; Elisha, in 1703, both of whom settled in Shrewsbury. 

John, (bro. of Simon and Elisha) whose wife was Lydia Ward, of Sudbury, was 
the father of James Maynard, b. in 1694, whose s. James settled here, and of Reu- 
ben, b. in 1G98, who also settled here. 

"Ensign John Maynard d. (in Marlboro',) May 15, 1731." Lydia, hia wid. d. 
there, Jan. 10, 1740 ; she was the D. of Richard Ward, and b. March 3. 1665. 

Simon Maynard d. in Marlboro', Jan. 19, 1747, and his wid., Hannah, April 
5, 1748. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 359 

one of the founders of this chh. to which his wife, Sarah, was ad. 
in 1724, from the chh. in Marlboro'. It is said he d. in 1786, 
aged 90, which is probably correct, as that was about his age in 
1786, but when b. was not known to my informant ; his wife, 
Sarah, is said to have d. in 17&1, aged 91. Chil. Mary, b. at 
Marlboro', in 1719, recorded there, and m. Williimi Parker, in 
1739 ; Benjamin, here, Sept. 15, 1721 ; Simon, Jan. 26, 1723 ; 
Abner, Aug. 25, 1726; ^^A, April 21,1731; Sarah,hap. 
Sept. 25, 1733. I find no further aecount of these chil., ex- 
cepting the two first. 

MAYNARD, Deac. BENJAMIN (3. of Simon) m. Submit 
Lee, ^larch 7, 1744. They were ad. to this chh., he in March, 
and she in May, 1742. Child, Mercy, b. Jan. 15, 1745, and 
m. David Brigham, in 1765. The mother d. at the birth of this 
child, but of whose death there is no record. He next m. Abi- 
gail, D. of Luke Rice, Dec. 29, 1746. She was ad. to this chh. 
in April previous to her marriage. Tliere is no record of the 
death of either of them. It is said he d. about 17S9 ; if so, his 
age was not far from 63. Ciiil. Seth, b. Oct. 29, 1747, m. 
Sarah Morse, of Westboro', June 1, 1785, and d. here without 
issue, Jan. S, ISOS, aged GO; Submit , Mzy S , 11 49 , and rn. 
Thaddeus Pollard, March 24, 17G7, who settled in Harvard ; 
Sarah, Sept, 9, 1751, and m. Capl. Philip Rutter, of JNewfane, 
Vt., June 10, 1787 ; Jlbner, Nov. 27, 1753, in the army ia 
1775, returned sick, and d. unm. ; Jonah, Dec. 27, 1755, and 
d. infant ; Jonah, July \, 1757, went to Bolton, m. and d. there, 
young ; Benjamin, Jan. 18, 17G0 ; Abigail, June 7, 1762, and 
m. Nathan Knovvlton, in 1782 ; Lucy, June 14, 1764, and m. 
Asa Wheelock, of Wardsboro', Vt., in 1788 ; Simon, Aug. 25, 
1767. 

MAYNARD, BENJAMIN (s. of Deac. Benjamin) m. Mar- 
tha Earle, of Boxford, in 1783. They were ad. to this chh. in 
1813 ; he d. here, Jan. 18, 1834, aged 74, and his wid. Mar- 
tha, in Aug. 1846, aged 84. Chil. Jose2)h and Benjamin, b. 



360 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Jan. 4, 1785 ; Oliver, July 14, 1787 ; Abner, Feb. 11, 1790 ; 
and Martha, (a twin with Abner,) who m. Dr. Joseph Stone; 
in 1816. 

MAYNARD, SIMON (s. of Deac. Benjamin) m. Abigail 
WiUiams, of New Ipswich, in 1792. He was ad. to this chh. 
in 1810, and his wife, in 1822, from that of New Ipswich. She 
d. Feb. 1, 1847, aged 77 ; he survives. Chil. Julia, b. June 
15, 1794, and d. in 1S09; Marij Ann, Aug. 1, 1799, and m. 
Seth Wyman Fessenden, in 1S29 ; Nancy, Oct. 10, 1806, and 
d. in Sept. 1808 ; Harrison Otis, July 11, 1809, and m. Sarah 
M. Davis, of Grafton, in 1832, and had Harrison, b. Oct. 19, 
1833. 

MAYNyVRD, JOSEPH (s. of Benjamin) m. Anna, D. of 
Deac. John Bragg, Oct. 28, 1807, and removed to Lancaster, 
where he had Charles Angicr, b. July 31, 1808, wiio m. Sarah 
A. Hall of Dorchester; Joseph, April, 1810, who m. in Box- 
ford ; Lydia, in 1812, who m. Josephus Wilder, of Lancaster, 
and d. in 1835 ; Abigail, who d. in 1826 ; Martha, in 1816 ; 
*S'({s«,'i, in 1818, and in. Josiah Wilder, of Sterling ; Caroline, 
who d. in 1826 ; John Bragg, in 1823, and George, in 1826. 

MAYNARD, BENJAMIN, (bro. of Joseph) m. Maria, D. 
of Joseph Curtis, Nov. .3, 1808. Shed. Feb. 6, 1827, aged 41. 
Chil. Henry, b. April 22, 1809; Eleanor, Oct. 17, 1810, and 
m. Benjamin Kilburn ; they, with her bro., Henry, removed to 
Illinois. Leander, Dec. 3, 1812, and m. Harriet M. Hastings, 
of Boylston ; Nancy Maria, May 17, 1815, and d. Dec. 1, 
1842; Louisa, May 18, 1817; Mary Scott, March 1, 1819, 
and d. Nov. 27, 1838; Benjamin Austin, Dec. 2, 1822; Aus- 
tin, June 16, 1824. He next m. Mary, D. of Bctluiel Boyd, 
April 4, 1828. Chil. Sarah Boyd, b. Jan. 12, 1829; Emily 
Dwight, Dec. 16, 1833; Alden fVhipjJle, May 11, 1834. 

MAYNARD, OLIVER (bro. of preceding) m. Phebe, D. 
of Joseph Stone, May 14, 1815, and d. Feb. 21, 1 835, aged 47^. 



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Chil. William Brewster, b. Oct. 26, 1815, and m. Mary C. 
Mann, of Holden ; Eliza Field, May 28, 1819 ; Joseph Stone, 
Oct. 26, 1822 ; Phebe Maria, Aug. 27, 1827 ; Hciiry Oliver, 
Nov. 28, 1833. 

His wid. Phebe, m. John Baird. 

MAYNARD, ABNER (bro. of preceding) m. Hannah Hall, 
of Sutton, and d. in Northboro', about 1836. Chil. Augustus 
Ferdiriand, b. Dec. 20, 1815 ; Lorenzo, June 16, 1819, and d. 
in 1821 ; Harriet, Sept. 13, 1820, and d. in 1821 ; Harriet 
Ward, Dec. 26, 1821, and m. Daniel C. Cliamberlain ; Fayette, 
Feb. 29, 1824 ; Lorenzo Abner, Dec. 25, 1825. 

MAYNARD, AUGUSTUS F. (s. of Abner) m. Flora Ros- 
line, D. of Liberty Allen, and had Ellen Maria, b. July 28, 
1839; Carolijie Allen, May 14, 1841 ; and Mary Elizabeth. 

MAYNARD, ELISHA (bro. of Simon, first mentioned) m. 
Huldah Bannister, of ^Marlboro', July 18, 1727 ; he was then 
called of Shrewsbury, and in 1829, was living on house lot, No. 
25, She was ad. to this chh. in Jan., and he in July, 1728. 
There is no record here, of his or her death. Chil. Huldah, b. 
April 27, 1728, and d. young ; Artemas, July 7, 1729, and d. 
in 1731; Bezaleel, Ju]y 23, 1731 ; Huldah, July 21, 1733, 
and m. William Chesnut, in Oct., 1754; Artemas, Oct. 31, 
1734 ; Francis, Feb. 20, 1738, sup. settled in Rutland, and m. 
Ruth, D. of Ephraim Hubbard, in 1767 ; John, Feb. 28, 1740 ; 
Tabitha, June 5, 1742, and m. Simon Phelps of Rutland, June 
24, 1767; Gardner, May 3, 1744, and d. in 1745 ; Gardner, 
(Garner, in both instances on the record,) Feb. 14, 1746 ; Eli- 
sha, April 14, 1748. 

Huldah Maynard, perhaps, wid. of Elisha, m. Jacob Wheeler, 
of Petersham, March 5, 1778. 

MAYNARD, BEZALEEL (s. of Elisha) m. Elizabeth 
Keyes, D. sup. of Henry Keyes, Feb. 28, 1754 ; and sup. lived 
in the N. P. There are no deaths of any of this family record-- 
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302 FAMILY REGISTER. 

ed here. Cliil. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 17.54 ; Ruth, Sept. 5, 
17565 Louisa, April 19, 1758; Levinah, March 23,1760; 
Bannister, April 5, 1761 ; Francis, I\ov. 7, 1763; hucy, Oct. 
25, 1765 ; and perliaps is tlie Lucy Maynard, who in. Elisha 
Livermore, in 17bO ; she was then called of Worcester. 

MAYiVARD, ATITEMAS (s. of Elisha) m. Miriam, D. of 
Deac. Jonathan Kt^yes, May 27, 1762, and was then called of 
Princeton. Chil. on record here; Thomas, b. Dec. 18, 1764, 
and d. infant ; Asa, Nov. 23, 1763; Thomas, May 13, 1773; 
Levi and Lewis, Jan. 21, 1775. 

MAYNARD, REUBEN m. Dorothy Williams, of W^est- 
boro', May 22, 1745, and was probably the s. of Reuben, who 
was living on house lot No. 4, in 1729, of whom 1 find nothing 
on record after that period, nor any thing of his laniily. Reuben, 
who was here in 1729, was s. of John and Lydia, of Marlboro', 
and born in 1698. Chil. of Reuben and Dorothy, viz : Reuben, 
b. July 16, 1746; Doroihij, Oct. 3, 1748 ; Abigail, Sept. 16, 
1750 ; Bethiath, July 25, 1753, and d. in 1756 ; Sarah, Dec. 
14, 1755, and d. in 1756 ; Timothy, Nov. 20, 1757. 

Reuben Maynard had deceased before 1762, as his ^^ heirs " 
and his farm were set off in that year lo Westboro. 

MAYNARD, JOTH AM, b. in 1714, (s. of David, of W^est- 
boro', who was bro. of Simon and Elisha) whose wife was 
Abiah, had Jotham, b. March 14, 1741 ; and Antipass, April 
12, 1743. 

MAYNARD, JAMES, b. in 1723, (s. of James, of West- 
bero', and g. ?, of John, of Marlboro') m. Zeruiah, D. of Daniel 
Johnson, Nov. 6, 1755. Chil. Spencer, b. April 8, 1756; 

Wimlow, Sept. 23, 1757, and d. infant; John, Jan. 18, 1759; 

Winslow, July 2'^, 1761 ; Ashley, July 29, 1763, and d. April 
7, 1826, an idiot, and town charge from his infancy ; Trobridgc, 
June 30j 1767, also an idiot, and d. young. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 36S 

In 177-2, the town voted to buihl a house, 14 by 16, near the 
wid. Sarah Johnson's as may be, for the ancommodation of the 
wife and children of James Maynard, Jtin., and granted £13.6.8, 
for that purpose. 

Hence it appears that Sarali, the wid. of Daniel Johnson, was 
living in 177-2; his house, &ic., was where the late Jonas Hast- 
ings lived. Whether James Maynard, Jun. was then living, does 
not appear. His s., Ashley, for nearly, or quiie sixty years, was 
a town charge ; the amount of which, so (ar as it could be ascer- 
tained, was calculated at the time of his death, and, with com- 
pound interest, found to exceed ten thousand dollars. 

MAYNARD, Capt. JOHN b. in 1743 (s. of Stephen, of 
Westboro', and g. s. of Capl. John, and g. g. s. of John and 
Lydia, of Marlboro') m. Martha Brigham, of, and in Westboro', 
Jan. 19, 1763, and settled here, in 1771, on the place now of 
Balch Dean, Esq. She was ad. to this chh. in 1775. He was 
Rep., &,c., in 1781 ; after which, his name does not appear agaia 
on the town records. Chil. Martha, b. in Westboro', Nov. '23, 
1769, and m. Frederick Crosby, in 1 7S5 ; Josiah, Sept. 18, 
1771, and d. in Barnard,, Vt., about 1793 ; John, Oct. 5, 1773, 
went to Bakersfield, Vt., m. and d. there in 1816 ; Edwsrd, 
April 25, 1775, and settled in Bakersfield, Vt. ; Antipass, April 
6, 1777, settled and is living in Waltham ; Hepzibah, March 12, 
1779, and m. Elijah Hardy, of Westboro', and d. in Waltham, 
in 1823 ; fVilliam, Sept. 20, 1781. 

MAYNARD, SAMUEl., b. in 1726 (s. of Moses, of Sud- 
bury, who m. Lois Stone, of Framingham, March 18, 17-24, and 
was probably a descendant of John Maynard, who was in Sudbu- 
ry, in 1633) m. Sarah Noyes, of Sudb.uy, Feb. 22, 1750, re- 
moved to this town, settled on the place where his son, the late 
Daniel Maynard lived, and d. May 29, 1755, aged 28. Chil. 
Daniel, b. Oct. 25, bap. 28, 1750 ; previous to which the pa- 
rents "owned the covenant." Samuel, March 8, 1752 ; Sarah, 
April 29, 1754, and d. Oct. 12, 1756. 

His wid. Sarah, m. Enock Kingsley, of Windsor, Ct. in 1760. 



364 FAMILY REGISTER. 

MAYNARD, SAMUEL (s. of Samuel) m. Sarah Noyes, 
of Sudbury, in 1775, and d. of small pox, at Ticonderoga, dur- 
ing the revolutionary war, and before May 5, 1776, as on that 
day, " Samuel, son of Samuel Maynard, deceased, and Sarah, his 
relict, was bap." here. 

MAYNARD, DANIEL (s. of Samuel, and g. s. of Moses) 
m. Hannah, D. of Samuel Harrington, of Worcester, in 1776, 
and perhaps lived there a kw years. They were here in 1779 ; 
on the 5th of Sept. in that year, they owned the covenant, and 
his wife, Hannah, was bap. here at that time, as were their two 
oldest chil,, of whose births there is no record here. He lived 
and d. on the homestead, Feb. 7, 1834, aged 83 J, and his wid. 
Hannah, April 1, 1838, aged 81. Chil. Lucy, who m. Daniel 
Newton, in 1803; Nathaniel; Relief, bap. Sept. 14, 1783, and 
d. infant ; Relief, bap. Oct. 2, 1785, and m. Philo Slocomb, in 
1806; Samuel, b. May 29, 1787; Dajiiel, May 29,1789; 
Joh7i, April 10, 1791 ; Josiah, July 18, 1794 ; Luther, June 
11, 1798, d. April 23, 1832 ; and Hannah, (of whose birth or 
baptism, I find no record,) who m. Matthias Rice, of Grafton, 
April 6, 1S25, and d. Nov. 28, 1834, aged 34. 

MAYNARD, NATHANIEL (s. of Daniel) m. Martha 
Davis, of Grafton, March 22, 1801. Chil. Mary Harrington, 
b. April 22, 1802 ; Hannah Joslin, Feb. 21, 1803. The pa- 
rents removed to Heath, but both d., it is said, in Fitchburg ; he, 
June 20, 1833, aged 54, and his wid. Martha, in 1838. Other 
chil. are said to have been, Joseph ; Daniel; Luther ; Henry; 
Harriet, and Charles. 

MAYNARD, SAMUEL (s. of Daniel) m. Clarissa, D. of 
Joseph Stone, Aug. 17, 1812. She d. Nov. 29, 1819, aged 25. 
Chil. Clarissa, who m. Alexander Kissam, of N. Y., and d. in 
1843 ; Louisa Maria, b. Oct. 3, 1813, and m. Kissam, the hus- 
band of her deceased sister. 

The 2d wife of Samuel Maynard was Frances Jackson, of 
Plymouth. He removed to N. Y. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 365 

MAYNARD, DANIEL, Jun. (s, of Daniel) m. Zelinda, 
D. of Samuel Allen, of Northboro', Nov., 1809. Chil. Leivis 
Allen, b. Dec. 24, 1810 ; Henry, May 6, 1813, and d. infant ; 
Harriet Newell, Dec. 24, 1810, and m. Chester Vernon New- 
ton ; Caroline Elizabeth, Sept. 4, 1817 ; Edward Flint, Nov. 
1, 1820, and m. Maria M. Russell, of Boston ; Susan Maria, 
Sept. 16, 1823, and m. Charles C. Coleman, of Worcester; 
Heyiry Noyes, May 11, 1826 ; Sarah Abigail, Jan. 26, 1829 ; 
Charles Franklin, Feb. 27, 1S30 ; Charlotte Ann, Nov. 1, 
1833 J Daniel Wallace, April 7, 1837. 

MAYNARD, JOHN (s. of Daniel) m. Lois, D. of George 
Brown, Dec. 7, 1813. No chil. on record. He removed to 
New York. 

MAYNARD, JOSIAH (s. of Daniel) m. Lydia, D. of Sam- 
uel Allen, of Northboro', in 1823. Child, Wilbur, b. May 31, 
1S34. 

MAYNARD, ETHAN, b. in 1783, (s. of Nathan, Jun., of 
Westboro', whose father, Nathan, was s. of David, who d. there, 
Oct. 2, 1757,) whose wife was Sarah, had Sarah Melinda, h. 
here, Dec. 7, 1806. Alvan IMaynard, b. 1781, (bro of Ethan) 
m. Elizabeth, D. sup. of Thomas Miles, Nov. 20, 1803. 

MAYNARD, EBER, (bro. of Ethan) from Westboro', b. 
1789, m. Dorothy Gleason, of Worcester, and had Caroline Au- 
gusta, b. July 20, 1824 ; Fanny Maria, Sept. 21, 1826 ; Mi- 
nerva Lucinda, May 25, 1832. 

MAYNARD, SILAS, who m. Hannah Forbes, in Westboro', 
May 24, 1819, he was then called of Grafton, may be the Silas 
Maynard, who was from Westboro', and settled in the East part 
of the town, near to Northboro', about 1827. No record here of 
births in this family. 



QQQ FAMILY REGISTER. 

MIXER, Maj. JOSEPH,* m. Mary Ball, in Watertown, 
May 4, 172G. He was here himself—" Dec. 3, 1727, and own- 
ed the covenant in order to have his child baptized at Water- 
town."' His wife, INlary, was ad. to this chh. in 1732; no record 
here of the death of either of them. Chil. Mary, b. ]\ov. 21, 
n27, probably at Watertown, but recorded here, and m. Daniel 
Sinionds, of Westboro', Nov. 2, 1749, and removed to Chelsea; 
Ahigail, April 28, 1730, and m. Ehialhan Pratt, in 1748 ; Jo- 
seph, ha\-i. Y^h. '^1, 1732; Lijdia, b. Oct. 16, 1734, and m. 
Alpheus Pratt, in 1753 ; Anna, April 27, 1737, and m. Timothy 
Howard, in 1759; Luci/, Oct, 26, 1739, and m. Jedediah 
Tucker, Jun., in 1763 ; Daniel, bap. March 18, 1742 ; Asa, b. 
April 5, 1746; Timothy, July 17, 1748, m. Mary Eames, of 
Framingham, in 1769, and removed to N. H., where she proba- 
bly deceased before 1782, as in that year Timothy Mixer, called 
of I|)swich, N. H., m. Abigail, wid. of Joseph Sherman, Jun., of 
this town. 

MIXER, JOSEPH (s. of Maj. Joseph,)' m. Elizabeth, D. of 
Samuel Whitney, April 24, 1754. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 21, 
1754, and d. in 1756 ; Joseph, Feb. 22, 1756 ; Samuel, Jan. 
13,1758; Moses, Sept. 10,1760; Daniel, Aug. 25, 1763 ; 
Elizabeth, Feb. 27, 1766. 

He removed with his family to j\tho], and d. there. 



* Isaac Mixer, Watertown, was admitted freeman, in 1638. — Farmer. 

Isaac Mixer, whose wife was Sarah, had Sarah, b. in Watertown, 29. 9. 1657. 
This is the first I find of his family ; probably he had chil. older than Sarah ; his 
wife Sarah, d. there, March 2, 1660, and, on the lOth of January following, he m. 
Rebecca, D. of Edward Garfield, by whom he had 11 chil. Of whom were sons, 
John, b. in 1G68; George, in 1670; Joseph, in 1674; Daniel, in 1675; and Benja- 
min, in 1679. 

Isaac Mixer, of Watertown, and Mary French, of Billerica, were m. June 29, 
1687. From Isaac, no doubt, descended Joseph, who settled in Shrewsbury. It 
has been said, that the wife of Maj. Joseph Miser, was Abigail Hardy, of VValtham ; 
if so, she was his 2d wife, and not the moiher of his children. The nine chil. 
above named, are called, on the town and chh. records, the children of Joseph 
Mixer, (sometimes giving him a military title,) and Mary, his wife. 

Maj. Joseph Mixer was pub. to Elizabeth Ball, a widow, of Northboro', in Aug. 
,1777, and probably m. her; as it is said he removed to that town, and d. there. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 357 

MIXER, ASA (s. of Maj. Joseph) m. Mercy, D. of Elisha 
Newton, iNov. 26, 1765. Cliil. Daniel, b. May 20, 1766; 
Sarah, May 14, 1769, and in. Abijali Nelson, in 1790 ; Mercy 
and Mary, Oct. 5, 1771 ; the former rn. Daniel Smith, Jun., in 
179.3; the latter, Lemuel Harris, of Worcester, in 1791 ; Eliz- 
abeth, May 18, 1771, and m. Daniel Baird, Jun., of Worcester, 
April 25, 1793; Nelly and Alice, iNov. 25, 1776; the former, 
m. Ashhel Allen, in 1799; the latter, Daniel Smith, of Worces- 
ter, in 1797 ; Joseph, Nov. 13, 1779; Dana,h^\ Feb. 16, 
1783; Asa, bap. Sept. 4, 1785 ; and Relief, who rn. Thomas 
Harrington, Jun., in 1805. There is no record of the death of 
his wife, Mercy. His 2(1 wife was Ruth Murray, of Worcester, 
whom he m. Dec. 24, 1793. He removed from town after 1798, 
and was recently living in 0.\ford, or vicinity, having passed his 
hundredth year. 

MIXER, DANIEL, (s. of Asa) m. Lydia, D. of Samuel 
Wesson, of tlie Gore, in 1783. Chil. Levinah, July 1, 1784, 
and m. Amasa Nelson, in 1805 ; Sainuel, Nov. 6, 1786; Re- 
becca, June S, 1790, and d. March 30, I8I0; Julia, June 6, 
1799, and m. Harvey Ruggles, of Upton, June 30, 1819; Dan- 
id, April 16, 1805. and settled in Auburn. There is no record 
here of their father's death. 

His wid. Lydia, m. Samuel Smith, in 1818. 

MIXER, DANA (^. of Asa) m. Rut!i , and d. here, 

Sept. 27, 1835, acred 54, and his wife, Ruth, Feb. IG, 1822, 
aged 33. Chil. Elizabeth Wilder, b. April 26, 1803 ; Mahala 
Angeline, July 8, 1804; Roxia Eleanor, Nov. 6, 1806. 

MIXER, ASA, Jun. (s. of Asa) m. Grace, D. of Capt, 
Thomas Harrintrton, Sen., Oct. 21, 1804. Child, Nancy. He 
removed to Charlton, and d. there. 

MIXER, BENJAMIN, whose wife was Sarah, had Benja- 
min, bap. Feb. 19, 1741. •' The parents in covenant relation 
with the chh. in Southboro." 



368 FAMILY REGISTER, 

MIXER, DAVID * and his wife, Hannah, had Ezra, b. 
here, Aug. 11, 1754. 

MILES, Deac. SAMUEL, f whose wife was Keziah, was 
Hving on house lot, No. 7, in 1729, and came here from Con- 
cord, or that vicinity. They were ad. to this chh. in 1732. 
There is no record here of his death, or of that of his wife. ChiL 
Mary, b. May 31, 1730, and perhaps m. Phineas Byam, of 
Templeton, Oct. 7, 1765; Sarah, Jan. 29, 1732; Elizabeth, 
July 25, 1734, and d. in 1739 ; Samuel, May 10, 1737, and d. 
Oct. 11, 1756 ; Keziah, May 23, 1739, and d. in 1740 ; Thom- 
as, Jan. 1, 1743 ; Elizabeth, Dec. 6, 1746 j Job, May 7, 1749, 
and d. in 1756. 

MILES, THOMAS (s. of Deac. , Samuel) m. Rachel, D. 
of Jonas Keyes, Oct. 22, 1767. They were ad. to this chh. in 
1769. His wife, Rachel, d. Sept. 5, 1803, aged 69. Chil. 
Jonas Keyes, b. Jan. 3, 1769 ; Virtue, April 13, 1770, and m. 
Joseph Hunt, of Sudbury, Feb. 5, 1802; Alfred, May 24, 
1772; Elizabeth, Jan. 31, 1774, and m. Alvan Maynard, of 
VVestboro', Nov. 30, 1S03 ; Sophia, Sept. 28, 1776. 

He m. Damaris Upham, of Spencer, in 1808, and d. Jan. 27, 
1820, aged 77. 



* Benjamin and David Mixer, sup. to have been brothers, and sons of Benjamin 
and Rebecca, of Marlboro', who had Phineas, b. in 1712; Benjamin, in 1715 3 
Isaac, in 171G ; David, in 1719 5 and Joseph, in 1724. Their mother was Rebecca 
JNewton, and m. 27. 9. 1711. 

t John Miles, (in old records 7J7i/2cs,J was in Concord, in 1637; and, by a 2d 
wife, Susannah Rediat, whom he m. in Marlboro', in 1679, had John, b. in 1680, 
and Samuel, in 1682. Samuel m. Sarah Foster, of Littleton, in 1706, and had Sam- 
uel, b. March 20, 1707 ; and Joseph, Aug. 8, 1709 ; both of whom settled in this 
town. 

John, b. in 1680, m. Mary Prescott, of Concord, in 1702, and had John, b. in 
1704., who m. Elizabeth Brooks, of Concord, say, in 1726. Their son, John, b. in 
1727, m. Martha Warren, a wid., and D. of Deac. Russell, of Littleton, and set- 
tled in Westminster, and were the parents of the Rev. John Miles, b, in 1763, who 
removed to this town from Grafton, in 1826. — Alilea' Genealogy, by Rev. Henry 
Adolphus Miles, of Lowell. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 369 

MILES, JONAS KEYES, (s. of Thomas) m. Mary, D. of 
Nathan Maynard, of Wcstboro', in 1798. They were ad. to the 
chh. in 1801. He d. May 11, 1S43, aged 74. CKiL Jonas 
Maynard, b. June 7, 1799 ; Mary Williams, April 29, 1807, 
and m. Samuel Austin Newton, of Millbury ; Lucy Keyes, June 
I, 1810, and d. unm., Jan. 10, 1834. 

MILES, ALFRED (s. of Thomas) m. Anna Grout, of 
Worcester, in 1807, and d. Nov. 1, 1845, aged 73. No issue. 

MILES, Deac. JONAS M. (s. of Jonas K.) m. Anstiss 
Kendall, of Royalston, Nov. 2, 1823. Chil. Loivell Milton, b. 
June 8, 1824; Eugene Temple, Aug. 26, 1826. 

MILES, JOSEPH (bro. of Deac. Samuel) whose wife was 
Jemima, was ad. to this chh. in 1734, and his wife, in 1747. 
He d. March 31, 1766, aged 58. Chil. Joseph, b. Oct. 26, 
1738, and d. in 1746 j Anna, Sept. 4, 1740, and m. Ezekiel 
Knowlton, in 1759 ; Esther, March 2, 1743 ; Abner, Jan. 12, 
1745 ; Henry, Oct. 1 1, 1746 ; Jemima, Oct. 30, 1748, and m. 
Jonathan Peirce, in 1768; Mcliscent, Nov. 15, 1750, and mo 
Abijah Kendall of Terapleton, March 26, 1771 ; Kezia, Nov. 
9, 1753. 

MILES, ABNER (s. of Joseph) m. Deborah, D. of Phin- 
eas Underwood, of Westford, June 24, 1773. Chil. Joel, 
b. July 3, 1774; Sarah, Nov. 5, 1775; Rachel, April 17, 
1777; Jemima, April 5, 1779; Deborah, Aug. 3, 1781 ; the 
two last, at Putney, Vt., to which place their parents had re- 
moved. 

MILES, HENRY (s. of Joseph) m. Susannah Wilson, of 
Rutland, in 1770. Chil. Joseph, b. May 13, 1770; Susan- 
nah, March 10, 1772. 

He removed with his family to N, H. 
47 



:g^ FAMILY REGISTER. 

MILES, Rev. JOHN, grad. B. U., 1794, ord. minister of 
Grafton, Oct. 12, 1796, m. Mary, D. of Col. Samuel Denny,* 
of Leicester, May 1, 1798. Havino been honorably, and by 
mutual consent, dismissed from his pastoral charge, he removed 
to this town, in 1826, and settled on the place formerly belong- 
ing to Deac. John Bragg. Chil. Marp Denny, b. June 25, 1799, 
m. Rev. Seth Alden of Marlboro', June 4, 1S22, and d. July 
31, 1825 ; John Russell, Sept. 23, 1801, and d. Dec. 17, 1819 ; 
Samuel Denny, Sept. 5, 1803, and d. 1804; Samuel Dexter, 
June 19, 1805, and d. infant ; Martha Elizabeth, Feb. 17, 1808, 
and d. infant; Henry Adolphus, May 30, 1809, grad. B. LT., 
1829, m. Augusta H. Moore of Cambridge, May 28, 1833, and 
is settled in the ministry, in Lowell ; Sarah Ilenshaiv, April 27, 
181 1, andrn. John C. Mason, in 1833; Charles Edward, June 11, 
1813; Elizabeth Denny, April 30, 1815, m. George Allen, and 
d. in 1841 ; Augusta Sophia, Feb. 12, 1819, 

MILES, CHARLES EDWARD (s. of Rev. John) m. 
Catharine, D. of William Denny of Leicester, May I, 1633. 
Chil. Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 15, 1834 ; Catharine Augusta ; 
Charles Denny, b. Oct. 26, 1839. 

MILLER, ISAAC, whose wTfe was Sarah, had Vespasian, 
b. June, 1740. '' Isaac Miller, above the pond," was highway 
surveyor, in 1760, and living on house lot, No. 27, in 1728. 

MILLER, ALEXANDER, probably from Grafton, m. Mary, 
D. of Daniel Smith, Nov. 28, 1797. ChU. Clarissa, b. Feb. 



* He was b. in 1731^ and m. Elizabeth, D. of Daniel Henshaw, and sister of Col, 
Joseph, of this town, and of VVilliam and David, of Leicester, and d. Dec. 11, 
1817, aged 8(). His father was Daniel, one of the earliest settlers in Leicester, (s. 
of Thomas,) and came from Coombs, Suffolk Co., England, and m. " Rebecca 
Jones, of Worcester," in Watertovvn, Feb. 14, 1722; in the record of their mar- 
riage, he is called •' Daniel Dinny, of Leicester." His sister, Deborah, was the 
wife of the Rev. Thomas Prince, of Boston, the distinguished Chronologist ; their 
D., Sarah Prince, m. Moses Gill, afterwards Lt. Governor. Her mother opposed 
her union with Prince, when he was in England — they therefore parted there, but 
i>y concert to meet and be united here. — " Love laughs at Locksmiths." 



FAMILY REGISTER. 371 

{ 1, 1798 ; Anson, June 14, ISOO. lie, with his famiiy, remov- 
ed to Barre. 

MILLER, DAVID from Westboro', whose wife was Lucy, 
and d, here, Oct. 1!, 1838, aged 48. Chil. Lucy Liicinda, b. 
Feb. 18, 1825; Clarinda Maria, Nov. 12, 1827. 

xMORSE, JONATHAN, from Grafton, (perhaps originally 
from Medfield, once a part of Dcdham ; where his ancestry and 
that of Rev. Ebenezer Morse, can be .traced back to 1635,) m. 
Phebe Keyes, Dec. 5, 1739. She was ad. to this chh. in 1743. 
His dwelling house, standing near where the late Elijah South- 
gate lived, was burnt in 1750. There is no record here of his or 
her death. Chil. Mary, b. Jan. 13, 1740, and sup. ra. Stephen 
Parker, Jun., in 17G0 ; Hczckiah, June 27, 1741, and d. April 
2S, 1757; Thankful, Sept. 22, 1742, and m. Nathaniel Stone, 
in 1760 ; Louisa, April 22, 1743; Jonathan, Feb. 16, 1745, 
and d. in 1752 ; Lucrctia, July 29, 1746, and d. in 1753 ; Sa- 
rah, Aug. 16, 1749, and d. in 1753; Elijah, July 8, 1751 ; 
Lucretia, April 8, 1753 ; the two last, perhaps, d. very young; 
there is a record of the baptism of the others, but not of these 7 
Sarah, Nov. 25, 1754. 

MORSE, Rev. EBENEZER, a native of McdSeld, grad. 
H. U., 1737, ord. minister of the N. P., in this town, Dec. 26, 
1743, m. Persis, D. of John Bush, Nov. 27, 1745, dismissed in 
a summary manner by his parishioners in June, 1775, and ex- 
cluded from the pulpit on account of his toryism, and that with- 
out the intervention of an ecclesiastical council, confined to and 
witliin the limits of his parish by a vote of the town, and re- 
dismissed by advice of an ecclesiastical council, in Nov. next 
following, practised foi* several years afterwards, as physician, 
and was pub. for marriage, Jan. 1, 1790, to Rebecca, wid. of 
Thomas Symmes of this town, a patriot, who d. in the revolu- 
tionary war. It is now said that was done without her consent — 
he took nothing by his motion, and d. in 1802, in his 84th year. 
Chil. John, b. July 15, 1746 ; Mary, Dec. 24, 1747; Eliakim, 



372 ■ FAMILY REGISTER. 

April 7, 1750, and d. in 1758 ; Joshua, March 8, 1752 ; Eben- 
ezer, June 11, 1754, and d. infant; Ehenczer, July 10, 1755 ; 
Joseph, Jan. — , 1757, and m. Sophia Bigelovv, May 4, 1780 ; 
Eliakim, Feb. 10, 1759; Amherst, Nov. 11,1760; Annis, 
May 19, 1764, and m. Samuel Andrews ; Mary, Aug. 12, 1767, 
and sup. m. Jason Abbott. 

MORSE, JOHN (s. of Rev. Ebenezer) m. Elizabeth, D. of 
Thomas Andrews, May 11, 1769. Child, Jo^?i, b. Jan. 15, 
1773. Removed to Newfane, Vt. 

MORSE, JOSHUA (s. of Rev. Ebenezer) m. Levinah, D. 
of Ephraim Holland, April 29, 1773. Child, Tabitha, b. Sept. 
8, 1773. 

MORSE, Dr. ELIAKIM, (s. of Rev. Ebenezer) m. Mary, 
D. of Capt. Benjamin Eddy, Sept. 22, 1786 ; she d. April 26, 
1800. Chil. Benjamin, John, and perhaps others. Benjamin 
and John entered H. U., in 1808, and left on account of ill 
health before they had finished their collegiate course, and d. soon 
after. His 2d wife was Mary, D. of William Hunt of Water- 
town, whom he m. in 1801. He yet lives, (May 1, 1847.) 

MORSE, Lt. JOSEPH, (where from, unknown,) whose 
wife was Mary, had Alphcns, b. Oct. 27, 1751 ; Sophia, May 
6, 1754 ; Joseph, Oct. 3, 1756, and sup. to have d. in West 
Boylston, in 1825, aged 68; William, Sept. 28, 1767. 

Lt. Joseph Morse d. here, May 27, 1814, aged 80 ; probably 
not the above Lt. Joseph, as, according to his age at death, he 
was but about 17, when Alpheus was born. 

Hannah Morse was pub. to Odoardo Thomas, in April, 1757. 

Rachel Morse m. James Saddler, (both called of this town,) 
April 24, 1764. 

Mary Morse m. Rev. Asaph Rice, of Westminster, Dec. 
26,1765. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 873 

MUZZY, BENJAMIN * sup. from Sudbury, and his wife, 
Hannah, were ad. to this chh. in July, 1753. Chil. (no births 
recorded,) Benjamin and Hannah, " a pair of twin children," 
bap. Aug. 15, 1753 ; James, bap. Jan. 2, 1757 ; Seth, bap. 
Oct. 8, 1758 ; Benoni, bap. April 26, 1760 ; before which time 
the fatiier had d. ; probably in the army. His vvid., Hannah, 
was Administratrix of his estate, in 1760, and sup. to have m. 
Ebenezer Perry of Worcester, in 1761. 

MUZZY, JOSEPH, Jun. (sup. from Sud. and s. of Joseph) 
m. Hannah Merriam of Grafton, in 1763. Chil. Jonathan, b. 
Nov. 2, 1764 ; Nathan, Sept. 15, 1766; Miriam, April 1, 
1768 ; Hannah, Jan. 18, 1770 ; Sarah, Dec. 29, 1771, and m. 
Crispus Graves, in 1790 ; Annis, May 16, 1774, and m. Samuel 
Peirks, in 1793; Joseph, Jan. 28, 1776; the chh. records say 
" he was b. after the decease of his father, Joseph Muzzy," 
No record here of the father's death. 

MUZZY, JONATHAN (s. of Joseph, Jun.) m. Miletiah 
Clark of Medfield, in 1788. Chil. Jacob, b. April 14, 1788 ; 
Hannah, Feb. 12, 1790. 

MUZZY, NATHAN (bro. of preceding) m. Mary, D. of 
John Peirks, March 30, 1790, and d. Oct. 6, 1809, aged 43. 
Chil. Robert, b. May 4, 1791, and d. unm. May 24, 1817 ; 
Thomas Hammond, Jan. 14, 1793 ; Abigail Peirks, Feb. 4, 
1795, and m. Stephen Bellows in IS 17 ; Joseph Hastings, Jan. 
21, 1797 ; also the following, whose births are not on record ; 



* Robert Muzzy, who was in Ipswich in 1G35, had Joseph, who m. Esther Jack- 
man, Feb. 9, 1671, and d. in 1680. Joseph and Esther had Joseph b. Dec. 21, 1677 
and Benjamin, Aug. 17, 1680. Joseph m. Joanna Pettingill in 1700, and had Joseph, 
b. in 1703. A Joseph Muzzy m. Patience Rice, both of Sudbury, March 24, 1721. 
His son, Joseph, is probably the Joseph who settled here and is called Jun., on the 
chh. and town records. Whether Benjamin who settled here was his brother, is 
unknown. A Benjamin Muzzy in Sudbury, m. Elisather Witherbee of Stow, July 
30, 17G1, and Hannah Bennet, perhaps a 2d wife, Dec. 25, 1765. A Benjamin Muz^ 
zy, whose wife was Sarah, perhaps he was a son of Robert, had Benjamin, b, ij) 
Cambridge, Feb. 20, 1689. 



374 



FAMILY REGISTER. 



they were all bap. on the 2-2d day of May, 1S07, viz : Jona- 
than, Nathan, Charles, and John Pcirks. 

MUZZY, JOSEPH H. (s. of Nathan) went from town, 
perhaps to Grafton, m., and after some years returned with a 
family. No births recorded here. He d. Nov. 21, 1843, aged 
47, and his wife, Abigail, Jan. 23, 1836, aged 32. 

Lois iMuzzy m. Isaac Drury, in 1754. 

Abigail Muzzy m. Joseph Sherman, Jun., Feb. 4, 17G6. 

MUNROE, PHILIP (perhaps a s. of Nathan of Lexington, 
who m. Mercy Benjamin of Watertown, Nov. 23, 1738) had 
chil. Abraham, bap., also Abigail, Sept. 4, 1763 ; " the parents 
being in covenant relation with the chh. in Lexington." Sarah, 
bap. Oct. 14, 1764. Tlieir births are not on record, nor the 
name of their mother. 

MUNROE, Capt. NATHANIEL, from Carlisle, or vicinity, 
(perhaps a bro. of Philip) ra. Lucy, D. of Jotham Bartlett of 
Northboro', and d. here, Aug. 28, 1814, aged 73 ; and his vvid. 
Lucy, Aug. 5, 1828, aged 82. Chil. Abraham, b. Oct. 4, 
1765 ; Jonas, Jan. 1, 1768, and d. unm. Dec. 14, 1794 ; Lucy, 
bap. March 25, 1770, and d. young; iVfl/Aff?z, bap. June 30, 
1771, m. Martha, D. of Abraham Knowlton, March 31, 1803, 
and settled in Spencer; Reuben, bap. July 18, 1773, and d. 
young; Solomon^ b. Oct. 31, 1778; Reuben, June 24, 1781, 
m. and settled in Worcester ; a ievi years before his death, he re- 
turned here with a family, none of whose names are on record 
here, and d. Sept. 21, 1841, aged 60 ; Dana, b. Nov. 30, 1783 ; 
Isaiah^ Dec. 20, 1786, m. Mary, D. of Joseph S. Temple, Jan. 
1, 1811, and lives on the homestead ; Edmund., Aug. 22, 1790, 
and d. unm. Aug. 24, 1833. 

MUNROE, ABRAHAM (s. of Capt. Nathaniel,) m. Sarah 
Knight of Worcester, in 1797, and d. liere, June 24, 1831, aged 
^Q, and his wid. Sarah, Nov. 6, 1834, aged 65. Chil. Jotham, 



FAMILY REGISTER. 375 

b. Aug. 31, 1797, and d. in 179S ; Mary Jeffs, May 24, 1799 ; 
Sarah, Aug. 8, ISOO, and m. John Bintlcit of Northboro', April 
9, 1S28; Jonas, Aug. 9, 1802, went to VVrentham and in. there j 
Lucy Bartlctt, April 12, 1S04, and m. Emery Harrington, in 
1S25 ; Anna, Oct. 23, 1807, and m. C^alvin Harrington, in 
1830; Dennis, Oct. 13, 1809. 

MUNROE, SOLOMON (s. ofCapt Nathaniel) m. Thank- 
ful, D. of Benjamin Newton of Worcester, Jan. 1, 1810. Child, 
jFiome/", b. Oct. 5, 1810. He removed to Grafton, and died 
there. 

MUNROE, DANA, (s. of Capt. Nathaniel) m. Pamelia, D. 
of Timothy Townsend, June 26, 1814. She d. May 24, 1824, 
aged 35. Chil. Hannah, b. Oct. 31, 1814, and m. Abel Blake 
of Keene, N. H.; Maria, Dec. 23, 1815 ; Pamelia Jane, April 
15, 1817 ; James Edmund, Dec. 8, 1818, and m. Emeline, D. 
of Philo Slocomb ; John Henry, April 15, 1820; Edwards 
Whipple, in 1821. The two last d. infants. 

MUNROE, AARON (bro. of Capt. Nathaniel, who had a 
bro. Jonathan, that settled in Spencer) m. Lydia Munroe, a wid. 
of Woburn, originally Campbell, and lived several years, in this 
town, on the place now of Eber Maynard. They had no chil. 
They removed to Fitchburg or vicinity, where it is said he d. 
His wid. returned and d. here, in Feb. 1846. Her D., Eliz- 
abeth Wilson Munroe, m. Jason Prouty, Feb. 12, 1812, and 
went to Lancaster. 

MUNROE, OLIVER (s. of Capt. Abraham of Northboro') 
m. Lydia, D. of Dr. Edward Flint, Feb. 2, 1794. She d. 
March 9, 1800, aged 23. Chil. on rec. here, Charles, b. July 
17, 1795; Leivis, March 19, 1796; Oliver, Feb. 27, 1798. 

He returned to Northboro', m. a D. of John Wyman, and d. 
there. 



376 FAMILY REGISTER. 

MAYHEW JOHN m. Hannah Rugg of Framinghara, Feb. 
21, 1744 ; he was then called of Shrewsbury. Child, Hannah, 
b. Oct. 14, 1745. 

MAHONY, JAMES (probably, Mahan now) m. Jemima, 
D. of Benjamin Temple, Feb. 10, 1766. Child, Hannah, b. 
March 17, 1766. 

MAHAN, SOLOMON (s. of David of Northboro', whose 
wife was Mary Bixby) m. Mary, D. of Dr. Samuel Brigham of 
Boylston, and settled in the Northeasterly part of this town. 
Chil. George Bennj, b. Dec. 19, 1824; Mary Ann, July 22, 
1826 ; Harriet Elizabeth, May 1, 1830 ; John Davis, Feb. 8, 
1835; Sarah Jane, Sept. 10, 1836. 

MACK WATER, JOHN and his wife Jane, were from Lynn, 
and had chil. bap. here, " by virtue of their enjoying such priv- 
ilege with the chh. at Lynn ;" viz. Mary, bap. Oct. 28, 1739 ; 
Martha, bap. July 11, 1742; Jaines, bap. March 24, 1745, and 
d. infant ; James, bap. June 5, 1748. 

MANSFIELD, DANIEL, the name of whose wife is not on 
record here, had Elizabeth, bap. Jan. 16, 1763, " by virtue of 
the parents being in covenant, &,c., with the chh. in Waltham." 

McDowell, Alexander and Levlnah Oak, both 
called of this town, were m. Nov. 1, 1764, and had John, bap. 
July 15, 1765. 

MASON, JONAS and his wife, Submit, had Ruhamah, b. 
here, Jan. 7, 1763. 

MASON, JOHN and his wife, Mercy Penniman, came here 
about 1796, from Medfield ; he d. Sept. 15, 1829, aged 91, and 
his wife, Mercy, Jan. 31, 1829, aged 88. Three chil., of adult 
age, Gregory, John, and Sarah, who m. Nathaniel Brigham, 
Nov. 21, 1799, came with their parents. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 377 

MASON, GREGORY (s. of John) m. Susanna, D. of 
George Slocomb, Nov. 16, 1797, lived on the homestead, and d. 
May 21, 1846, aged 72. Chil. Charles, b. March 7, 1798, m. 
Nancy, D. of Samuel Harrington of Grafton, and went to Mich- 
igan ; Vesty, Feb. 5, 1800, and m. Christopher Wright of North- 
ampton, April 20, 1831; Margaret, July 15, 1802; Horrace, 
Dec. 16, 1804 ; James Penniman, June 7, 1807, and killed, by 
the accidental discharge of his gun, May 31 , 1821 ; Henry Hard- 
ing, Jan. 11, 1815, and m. Harriet IM., D. of Lyman Howe ; 
Albert Augustus, July 29, 1S20, altered to James Penniman, 
after the decease of his bro., and d. Nov. 16, 1825. 

MASON, JOHN, Jun. (s. of John) m. Elizabeth Ware of 
Sherburne, in 1797, and lived on the place formerly of Daniel 
Holden, and in the latter part of life, where Dr. Williams had 
previously lived. He d. Aug. 21, 1843, aged 63. Chil. Hen- 
ry Harding, b, April 29, 1801, and d. April 10, 1812 ; Joseph 
Ware, April 21, 1803, and d. April 24, 1806 ; Martha Ware, 
May 30, 1805, and m. William W. Pratt; Emeline, Sept. 7, 
1807, and m. Joel Nurse, Jun., in 1828; John Coolidge and 
Joseph Ware, May 27, 1810. The former m. Sarah Henshaw, 
D. of Rev. John Miles, in 1833 ; the latter, Nancy, D. of Maj. 
Josiah Flint, in 1838. 

MANN, EBENEZER was ad. to this chh., from that in 
Wrentham, in 1813 — '.le had then been here many years, and 
lived in the extreme North part of the town adjoining Boylston. 
" Wid. Mary Mann," (probably his mother) was ad. to this chh. 
from that in Wrentham, in 1783. His sisters were ad., Lucretia,. 
in 1779, and Martha, in 1785. They composed his family, and 
are sup. all to have d. here, but of their deaths there is no re- 
cord. He m. Mary Foster, a wid. of Boylston, in 1828, and d. 
May 18, 1840, aged 87, and his wid. Mary, Aug. 14, 1843, 
aged 64. There is no birth of that family name on the town 
records. 

" Mrs. Sarah Mann, sister of Capt. Nathaniel Allen, deceased,. 
Sept. 10, 1766, aged 70." 
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378 FAMILY REGISTER. 

MARSHALT., WILLIAM B. and his wife, Abigail Smhh, 
came here from Providence, R. i., about 1804. Chil. Elmira 
b. Feb. 20, ISOl, ai Providence ; Sarah, Sept. 9, 1S03 ; WiU 
Ham, Dec. 27, 1805 ; Elizabeth Smith, Feb. 24, 1808 ; Ethel- 
hurt Augustus, May 15, 1810; Caroline Maria, July 3, 1S12 j 
Caleb Strong, Oct. 4, 1814; Catharine Henshaw, Jan. 3, 
IS 17. He removed to Providence, about 1826. 

M ELLEN, ABNER, from Oxford, m. Asenath, D. of Mo- 
ses Sever, Aug. 24, 1800. Chil. Henry Bainbricfge ; Amos 
fVillard ; Relief Fedelia ; Isaac Merritt ; Samuel Stillman ; 
Otis Sever ; and Charlotte iSbp/tm. 

MERRIAM, TARRANT (s. of Deac. Joseph, of Grafton) 
m. Anna, D. of Noah Kimball of Grafton, came here with a 
family and settled on the farm previously belonging to Jasper 
Rand, where he resided a few years prior to his farm being set off 
to Grafton, whicli occurred in 1826. Chil. Noah Kimball, who 
m. Ha.riet, D. of Abner Harlow, in 1834 ; Mary Ann, who m. 
John Leiand of Grafton ; Elizabeth, who m. Samuel Flagg of 

Worcester ; Sarah, who m. Morton of R. I. ; Caroline, 

who m. Sibley of Grafton ; Hannah Maria, b, June 5, 

1822, and m. W. H. Thompson of Vt. ; Joseph Augustus, b, 
Dec. 23, 1823 ; and John Qidncy Adams, 

McGLAUTHLIN, Capt. JOHN and his wife, Pamelia,wers 
from Duxbury. He lived here but a few years, and d. Nov. 17, 
1831, aged 42. Chil. John, b. here, April 5, 1827, and d. in- 
fant ; Cornelia Ann, March 31, 1829. 

MIRICK, EDMUND m. Pamella, D. of William Smith, 
May 24, 182L Child, Sarah Lucretia, b. Oct. 31, 1822. 

McGREGORY, Rev. ELI AS, Bap. clergyman, m. Lev^- 
nah Nolen of Sutton, in 1820, lived in town a short period. 
Child, Lucy Hapgood, b. March 1, 1821. 



FAMILY REGISTEIt 379 

NURSE, WILLIAM * m. Rebecca Fay of Westboro', Dec. 
12, 1723, and was living on house lot No. 3, in 1729, and in 
1741, was set off with his farm to Westboro', where he d. April 
15, 1779, and his wife, Rebecca, June 22, 1776 ; ages unknown. 
Chil. on record here, Manj, b. Sept. 14, 1724, and perhaps in. 
Eleazer Williams in Westboro', in 1742 ; Samuel, May 30, 1725, 
and d. infant; Lydia, June 23, 1727 ; Daniel, May 11, 1729, 
and m. Sarah Ball of Grafton, in 1758 ; Benjamin, July 1 , 1731, 
and m. Lucy Ball of Grafton, in 1759 ; Abraham, March 23, 
1733; Rebecca, July 2, 1734 ; Priscilla, Oct. 18, 1736 ; Ze- 
ruiah, Oct. 11, 1739, and d. Sept. 29, 1775. 

Daniel Nurse and Sarah Ball were ilie parents of eleven chii. 
h. in Westboro; two of whom, Joseph, b. May 9, 1766, and 
Joel, b. April 13, 1774, settled here. Their father d. May 24, 
i805. 

NURSE, JOSEPH (s. of Daniel of Westboro') m. Hannah 
Davis of Grafton, in 1790, and came here about 1800, and set- 
tled on the place where he now lives. His wife Hannah, was ad. 
to this chh. in 1800, and d. Nov. 5, 1820, aged 52 ; he was ad. 
in J 811. Chil. Abijah, b. July 3, 1791, and m. Mindwell 
Grout of Westboro', Dec. 6, 1821 ; Nahum, Aug. 25, 1794,; 
Joseph, Jan. 9, 1797, and m. Elizabeth Fiske of Worcester, in 
1823 ; Hannah, Oct. 7, 1799 ; all in Westboro'. Hannah m. 
John Carter of Leominster, April 25, 1824 ; Elizabeth, Jan. 4, 
1801, and m. Edward Knight of Dover, N. H., Feb. 5, 1823; 
Sarah, Oct. 14, 1804, and m. John Fiske of Worcester, April 
11, 1827 ; Harriet, Feb. 16, 1807, andd. Feb. 4, 1833 ; Mary, 
March 19, 1809, and d. infant. 



*Francig]Nurse,Salem Village, had chil. John, Sarah, Rebecca, Samuel, Francis, 
IVlary, Elizabeth and Benjamin. Their mother was hung in the witchcraft delusion, 
July 19, 1692.— Farmer. 

Francis JNurse, whether the son of Francis of Salem Village, is unknown, was in 
Sherburne, whose wife was Sarah, and had Benjamin b. there, Jan. 28, 1689, and 
was, as sup. the father of William, who settled here. The marriage of William 
and Rebecca was the first that was solemnized in this township, 

Ebenezer Nurse, bro. sup. of William, had a son, Moses, bap. here, July 25, 
i723. This name, originally Nourse, is still so written by many families. 



380 FAMILY REGISTER. 

His 2d wife was Lucy Fay of VVestboro', whom he m. Jan. 1, 
1822. She was ad. to this chh. from that in Westboro', in Oct. 
followins;. 



NURSE, NAHUM (s. of Joseph) m. Elizabeth, D. of John 
Baker, Jan. 1, 1818. Chil. Lydia Baker, b. Nov. 8, 1818; 
Laura Maria, Aug. 12, 1820, and d. in 1821 ; Laura Maria, 
Aug. 22, 1822. 

NURSE, JOEL (s. of Daniel of Westboro') m. Anna, D. 
of Hananiah Parker of Southboro', (whose wife was Abigail, D. 
of Hezekiah Ward) in 1796, lived in Royalston a few years, 
came here, in 1803, with his family, and d. Nov, 16, 1830, aged 
56, and his wid. Anna, May 6, 1831, aged 62. Chil. Gilbert, 
b. July 31, 1798; FranMin, Dec. 3, ISOO; Joel, Jan. 19, 
1803 ; all in Royalston, but recorded here ; Mary Ann Parker, 
Oct. 13, 1805, and d. July 15, 1825. 

NURSE, GILBERT (s. of Joel) m. Maria S., D. of Ed- 
ward Hall of Boston, Oct. 31, 1824. Chil. Mary Ann Parker, 
b. Jan. 16, 1826; Gilbert Davis, Sept. 22, 1828; Sarah. Gore, 
Aug. 15, 1833; Maria Elizabeth, Jan. 10, 1836, all in Boston. 
The latter d. in St. Liouis, in 1839; fVnlter FVillcy, March 17, 
1840, at St. Louis. 

NURSE, FRANKLIN (s. of Joel) m. Sylvia, D. of Gil- 
bert Taylor of Southboro', May 3, 1826, and removed to Phil- 
adelphia. 

NURSE, JOEL (s. of Joel) m, Emeline, D. of John Ma- 
son, Jun., in June, 1828. Shed, in Aug. 1342, aged 35. Child, 
Henry Mason, b. Sept. 21, 1831. His 2d wife was Elizabeth, 
D. of Lewis Bullard of Boston, whom he m. in 1844. Child, 
Harriet. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 381 

NEWTON, EDWARD * (s. of Edward of Marlboro') b. 
1701, m. Elizabeth, D. of Elnathan and Mary Allen, they were 
ad. to this chh. in 173G, lived in the N. P,, and were dis. in 
1744, *' to lay the foundation of a chh. in the West part of Lan- 
caster." Chil. Samuel, b. Nov. 5, 1727, and d. Sept. 28, 1756; 
31anj, bap. Oct. 26, 1729; Martha, bap. June 11,1732; 
Esther, b. Sept. 8, 1734, and m. John Britton, of Northboro', 
April 14, 1762 ; Edward, Jan. 18, 1738. 

NEWTON, SAiMUEL, (perhaps s. of Edward, whose s. 
Samuel d. in 1756, and in the record of his death called son of 
Samuel and Elizabeth Newton,) m. Sarah . Chil. Sam- 
uel, b. Aug. 2, 1752; and Elijah, (perhaps Elisha,) March 
13, 1754. 

NEWTON, EDWARD, Jan. (s. of Edward,) m. Sarah 
Winch, Feb. 7, 1759, and had Kezia, b. Feb. 25, 1759; Itha- 
mar, Sept. 25, 1760 ; Naomi, May 13, 1761 ; Elizabeth, Feb. 
21, 1764; ./2sa, Aug.21, 1765. 

NEWTON, AARON (s. of Moses, and g. s. of Moses and 
Joanna of Marlboro'} m. Eunice Newton, of Marlboro', Jan. 28, 
1729, and was living here, on house lot No. 17, in that year. 
Chil. Eunice, b. Feb. 25, 1730 ; Lucy, May 23, 1731, and m. 
Daniel Ball, Oct. 25, 1749 ; Persis, July 1, 1733. 

He was living in the N. P. in 1760, and d. before 17G9. 



* Richard Newton, whose wife vras Anna, d. in Marlboro', Aug. 24, 1701, " al- 
most a hundred years old." He had John, b. in Sudbury, 20. 8. 1641 5 Moses, 26. 
1. 161G, and Daniel, Dec. 21, IG32, besides daughters. 

John, m. Elizabeth , in Marlboro', in 1G66, and d. in 1723. Thomas, s. of 

John, b. in 1G74, m. Record Ward of Marlboro', in 1G98 5 they both d. in West- 
boro', in 1746. 

Thomas, s. of Thomas and Record, b. in 1700, and his bro. Obediah, b. in 1702, 
settled in this town. 

Moses, s. of Richard, m. Joanna Larkin, June 5, 1GG7, and had Edward, b. in 
167G, who m. Mary Lennardson, in 1700, whose s. Edward, b. 1701, settled here. 

Daniel, s. of Richard, m. Susanna Moss, (Morse) in 1679, and had Ephraim, b. 
in 1691, who m. Christian Ripley, in 1711, and were the parents of Wahum, b. in 
1715, who settled in Shrewsbury. 



382 FAMILY REGISTER. 

The three previously mentioned families, and, perhaps, that of 
Aaron, were set off to Lancaster, in 1768. 

NEWTON, ELISHA (s. of Moses, Jun. of Marlboro') b. 
1701, m. Sarah Tomlin of Westboro', Dec. 26, 1728 ; he was 
then called of Shrewsbury. She was ad. to this chh. in 1734. 
Their deaths are not on record, but each are said to have lived to 
be about 90 ; if so, he d. not far from 1791 . Chil. Elisha, b. 
Feb. 7, 1730 ; Ezekiel, May 9, 1733 ; Sarah, Aug. 25, 1734 ; 
Mercy, Nov. 6, 1735, and m. Asa Mixer, in 1765; Timothy, 
May 17, 1737 ; Ithamar, April 14, 1739, and d. at Cape Bre- 
ton, Aug. 22, 1758 ; Solomon, June 25, 1741 ; Charles, Aug. 
28, 1742; Sarah, May 7, 1744, and sup. m. Solomon Bigelow, 
in 1761 ; Persis, July 5, 1746, and d. in 1751 ; Mary, Sept. 
24, 1747, and m. Thomas Baker, Feb. 22, 1768 ; Moses, March 
8, 1751. 

NEWTON, ELISHA, Jun. (s. of Elisha) m. Sarah Miles 
of Concord, sister of Deac. Samuel, who settled here. She d. 
July 27, 1766. Chil. Sarah, b. May 15, 1751 ; Fcrsis, Oct. 
5, 1752; perhaps she, and not Ezekiel's D. Persis, m. Jonas 
Cook ; Keziah, Nov. 2, 1754, and d. in 1756 ; Lucreiia, Feb. 
4, 1756, and sup. m. Stephen Wheelock, in 1774; Samuel Miles, 
Sept. 14, 1757; Thankful, Oct. 13, 1762, and m. Abraham 
Hager, in 1786 ; Asa, Feb. 24, 1764 ; Edward, Feb. 16, 1767, 

NEWTON, EZEKIEL (s. sup of Elisha) m. Persis, D. of 
Samuel Wheelock, Nov. 24, 1755. Chil. Azubah, b. Jan. 10, 
1758; Persis, March 22, 1759, and sup. m. Jonas Cook of 
Newfane, in 1775 ; Ezekiel, May 22, 1757 ; Edward, Feb. 
18, 1764. 

NEWTON, TLMOTHY (s. of Elisha) m. Huldah, D. of 
Samuel Wheelock, Jun., in 1762, and had Relief, b. Feb. 14, 
1764, and removed to Vt. or N. H. 

NEWTON, SOLOMON (s. of Elisha,) m. Hannah, D. of 
Daniel Hastings, May 18, 1762; they were ad. to this chh. in 



FAMILY REGISTER. ggg 

1783, She d. Nov. 9, 1781 , according to the record ; if so, her 
age was about 39. Chil. Lydia, b. Aug. 5, 1765, and m. Mar- 
shall Newton, in 1786; Solomon, March 12, 1768, and d. in- 
fant ; Danie/ and Sarah, April 13, 1776, she m. Luther Gould- 
ingof Worcester, April 13, 1800; Abigail, Oct. 5, 1779, and 
m, Rufus Newell of Holden, Sept, 25, 1799. 

He next m. Lydia Hemenway, a wid. of Worcester, in 1782, 
and d. May 28, 1822, aged 82, and bis wid. Lydia, March 3, 
1826, aged 79. Chil. Solomon, b. Aug. 2, 1783; Calvin and 
Dennis, Aug. 14, 1792. 

NEWTON, CHARLES (s. of Elisha) m. Tabitha, D. of 
Ephraim Bouker of Westboro', in 1765, and had Dolly, h. Aug. 
7, 1766, and m. Abraham Hager, in 1781 ; Azubah, April 27, 
1767, and sup. m. John Davis of Northboro', in 1802 ; Ezra, 
Nov. 22, 1774, and probably settled in Princeton ; Mary, bap. 
March 31, 1777; Tabitha, July 25, 1781. 

NEWTON, MOSES (s. of Elisha) m. Grace, D. of Thom- 
as Harrington, May 25, 1780; they were ad. to chh. here, in 
1792. He d. Dec. 5, 1799, aged 48 ; and his wid. Grace, Dec. 
13, 1817, aged 70. Chil. Dana, b. June 14, 1782, and Grace, 
July 28, 1787, m. Thomas B. Eaton of Worcester, Sept. 17, 
1812, and d. here, Jan. 14, 1813. 

NEWTON, ASA (s. of Elisha, Jun,) m. Catharine, D. of 
Samuel Jennison, in 1784. She d. Aug. 5, 1628, aged 61. 
Chil. Mary, b. July 7, 1785, and d. infant; Mary Jennison, 
Jan. 18, 1787, and m. Shepley Caswell, Dec. 2, 1819; Edward, 
Nov. 4, 1789, m. Sarah Doubt, D. of Gershom Brown, Sept. 
23, 1830, and d. Aug. 3, 1839; Elizabeth, May 19, 1792; 
Sarah, Aug. 17, 1794, and m. Daniel McClnre of Mendon, in 
1827 ; Eunice, March 31, 1797, and d, in 1807 ; Levi, July 1, 
1799, and m. Thankful S., D. of William Newton, in 1830; 
Samuel, April 7, 1801 ; Charles, April 14, 1805; Joseph, June 
10, 1818. 



384 FAMILY REGISTER. 

He next m. Lydia Cooper, a wid. of Northbridge, Jan. 12, 
1832, and d. Oct. 19, 1836, aged 73. 

NEWTON, DANIEL (s. of Solomon) m. Lucy, D. of 
Daniel Maynard, Jan. 31, 1803, and removed from town. She 
d. Oct. 19, 1818, and he returned with his chil., Daniel, Eunice, 
Philo Slocomb, John, Lucy Maynard, and Harmah, and m. 
Dolly, wid. of Moses Haven, April 17, 1825, and d. March 6, 
1827, aged 51. 

NEWTON, SOLOMON, Jun. (s. of Solomon) m. Patience, 
D. of Eliakim Hastings of Boylston, in 1805. She was ad. to 
chh. here, in 1806. Chil. Emery, b. May 5, 1805; Elizabeth 
Hastings, June 17, 1808 ; Louisa, July 3, 1810; Ruth, Oct. 
22, 1812 ; Henry, June 5, 1816, and d. infant; Dennis, July 
21,1817. This family removed to Ohio. 

NEWTON, DENNIS (s. of Solomon) m. Sarah Hey wood 
of Worcester, in 1820, and had Leonard, b. Dec. 7, 1821 ; Sa- 
rah Elizabeth, June 20, 1828 ; Louisa, Jan. 9, 1831 ; Lydia 
Maria, March 22, 1834. 

NEWTON, CALVIN (s. of Solomon) m. Martha, D. of 
Capt. John Rice, March 24, 1812, and had William BucJclin, 
b. Dec. 6, 1812; Joseph, Dec. 2, 1816; iliar^/m, Nov. 27, 
1818; Abigail, Feb. 8, 1820 ; John Calvin, Jan. 13, 1823 ; 
Susan, Jan. 31, 1825 ; Charles Henry, Sept. 13, 1827 ; George 
Albert, Jan. 8, 1833. 

NEWTON, THOMAS (s. of Thomas and Record of Marl- 
boro') b. in 1703, ra. Anna Wilson of Lancaster, March 29, 
1727. He was then called of Shrewsbury ; she was ad. to this 
chh. in 1742. He lived in N. P., near to Lancaster, and had 
Levi, b. Feb. 17, 1728; ^/naria/i, April 24, 1729; ^nno. May 
13, 1730; Solomon, Feb. 3, 1732; Mary, Oct. 18,1735; 
Sarah, May 4, 1738. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 385 

NEWTON, OBEDIAH (bro. of the preceding) b. in 1702, 
whose wife was Abigail, had Fhincas, h. Feb. 5, 1726, and Abi- 
gail, June 20, 1727, both in Mailboio', and recorded there > 
Marshall, here, Aug. 23, 1729 ; Ruth, April 5, 1733, and m. 
Phineas Park of Sutton, Oct. 25, 1750; Jonas, Aug. 5, 1737; 
John,Ju\y 11, 1739. 

NEWTON, MARSHALL (s. of Obediah) m. Eunice, vvid. 
of Daniel Howe, and D. of William Taylor, Aug. 13, 1761. 
He was a Lieutenant in Col. Williams' Reg., in the French war 
of 1756. Chil. Daniel, b. March 13, 1752; Eunice, March 
13, 1751, and m. Ephraim Holland, Jun., Feb. 17, 17S3 ; Mav" 
shall, Jan. 13, 1757, m. Lydia, D. of Solomon Newton, Dec. 
23, 1786, and settled in Vt. Eunice, wife of Marshall Newton, 
d. July 1, 1759, aged 30. 

He next m. Hannah Roberts of Marlboro', July 30, 17GI, 
and d. May 5, 1783, aged 54, and his wid. Hannah, May 26, 
1791. Chil. Calvin, b. March 8, 1762, and Liberty, May 8, 
1766. 

NEWTON, Maj. CALVLN (s. of Marshall) m. Elizabeth, 
D. of Elisha Keyes-, Jan. 16, 1787; both ad. to chh. in 1790. 
Chil. Moses Roberts, b. Oct. 29, 1787 ; Azubah, Feb. 9, 1789 ; 
Calvin, July 6, 1791; Elizabeth, Oct. 18, 1793, and d. in 
1796 ; Eunice, June 9, 1795 ; Leivis Keyes, Nov. M, 1797. 

He removed with his family to Shoreham, Vt., about 1799, 
and d. at the Falls of Lake George, in 1830, aged 63. 

NEWTON, DANA, (s. of Moses) m. Hannah Cheney of 
Ward, now Auburn, in 1808; she d. April 15, 1833, aged 46. 
Chil. Charles Harrington, h. Aug. 23, 1808; Simeon Bruce, 
Oct. 24, 1810 ; Moses Dana, April 29, 1813, and killed by fall- 
ing from t!ie bean)s upon a cart stake, which pierced his body 
July 30, 1827; Asa Cheney, Jan. 4, 1816; Leonard W,, 
Feb. 10, 1318; Grace, Oct. 28, 1320, and d. in 1828; Har^ 
riet N, 

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386 FAMILY REGISTER. 

His 2d wife was Elizabeth, vvid. of , and D. of Jacob 

Hinds, sup. of West Boylston. 

NEWTON, NAHUM (s. of Ephraim, and g. s. of Daniel 
of Marlboro") b. in 1715, m. Thankful Stow, in Marlboro', Jan. 
23, 1736, and ha.d Jonathan, b. there, in 1738; probably his 
only child. No record here of any chil., nor of his death. 
Thankful survived him, and d. his wid. March 18, 1769, aged 
60. He lived in quite the South \)n\:i of the town. 

NEWTON, JONATHAN (s. of Nahum) m. Sibbillah, D. 
of Isaac Harrington of Grafton, and sister of Capt. Isaac of this 
town, Sept. 25, 1765, lived on the homestead, and d. June 24, 
I80S, aged 70, and his wid. Sibbillah, March 14, 18-27, aged 81. 
Chil. Nahum, b. June 14, 1766; Relief, April 25, 176S, and 
d.. infant ; Jllartin, Dec. 21, 1770; Antipass, Feb. 1.9, 1773, 
and d. in 1790 ; Relief, April 25, 1775, and m. Moses Bellows, 
in 1804 ; Ihonlcful, Jan. 4, 1773, and m. Joel Wesson, Jun. 
of Grafton Gore, in 1796 ; Isaac, April 6, 1780 ; Dana, Aug. 
— , 1782 ; Adam, May 26, 1787 ; Jonathan, Feb. 20, 1789. 

NEWTON, NAHUM (s. of Jonathan) m. Martha, D. of 
John Bellows, in 1792, and d. Feb. 27, 1829, aged 63, and his 
wid. xMartha, Dec. 23, 1839, aged 69. Chil. (no births on re- 
cord,) John Lcland, Antipass, who settled in Ct. ; Martha, 
who m. Loring Brigham of Southboro' ; Nahum, who m. Ada- 
line Johnson of Worcester, and removed to Ohio; Samuel W., 
who ni. a D. of Jonas Baker of Boylston; and next, Abigail, 
vvid. of Stillman Smith ; and Laura, who m. in Boylston. 

NEWTON, Capt. MARTIN (s. of Jonathan) m. Lucretia, 
wid. of Adam Harrington in 1794. Chil. Mclinda, b. Aug. 5, 
1796, and m. William Bates of Millbury, in 1828 ; Nancij, in 
1800, and m. James Buswell, June 24, 1819, and went to N. Y., 
and Miriam, in 1802, and d. young. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 387 

NEWTON, ISAAC (s. of Jonathan) m. Sarah, D. of Da- 
vid Nelson, Dec. 25, 1806, lived on the homestead, and d. in 
Aug. 1846, aged 66, and his wife, Sarah, Sept. IS, 1831, aged 
48. Chil. Charles Austin, b. Nov. 24, 1807; Melissa, April 
29, 1809; Chester Vernon, April 2, 1812; Susanna, Mavch 5, 
1814; Adam Henry, March 13, 1S16; David Nelson, Aug. 
25, 1823, 

NEWTON, DANA (s. of Jonathan) m. IMiriam, D. of Mo- 
ses Smith of Barre, in 1802, and d. Oct. 31, 1835, aged 53. 
Chil. (no births on record) Harrison, who went to Barre; Court- 
land, who m. Pamelia B. Hinds of Millbury, in 1832 ; Moses 
Smith, Lysander, Oliver, and Miriam. 

NEWTON, JONATHAN (s, of Jonathan) m. Anna, D. of 
Paul Ivnowlton, Feb. 22, 1815, lived on the homestead and d., 
say, 1830 : if so, aged 41. Chil. Andrew Jackson, b. Oct. 9, 
1815; Alexander Jacob, July 21,1819; Ann Jerusha, Nov. 
12, 1821, 

NEWTON, CHARLES A. (s. of Isaac) m. Mary Ann, 
D. of Stephen Stearns, in 1823, and had Sarah Elizabeth, b. 
May 10, 1834, and Susan Elvira, Dec. 26, 1841. 

NEWTON, CHESTER V. (s. of Isaac) m. Harriet New- 
ell, D. of Daniel Maynard, and lives on the homestead of his 
first ancester, here. 

NEWTON, EZEKIEL (sup. s. of Daniel, or Moses, Jun., 
of Marlboro') whose wife was Dorothy, had Dorothy, b. March 
23, 1750; Ephraim, Nov. 10, 1752; and Elizabeth, Jan. 20, 
1761. 

NEWTON, WILLIAM (from Framingham) whose wife 
was Abigail, D. of Benjamin Newton of Worcester, had Thank- 
ful S., who m. Levi Newton, in 1830 ; TVilliam, George Hoi- 



388 FAMILY REGISTER. 

brook, Elizabeth, who m. in Lancaster ; Melinda, Benjamin, 
Daniel, Charles M., Martin, Luther, and Sarah C, 

NORCROSS, WILLIAM m. Lydia Wheeler, Nov. 6, 1741. 
Chil. William, b. March 18, 1742, and d. infant; Daniel, May 
9, 1745; Sarah, Oct. 1, 1746, and d. infant; William, Sept. 
20, 174S ; Sarah, June 3, 1759, and m. George Fihnorej in 
1779. 

NORCROSS, JOSIAH had John, who m. Mary Bigelowof 
Boylston, in 1818 ; Josiah, who m. Sarah Wakefield, in 1820 ; 
Fayiny, who m. Simon Allen of Princeton ; Sarah, who m. 
Jarvis Smith, in 1826, and perhaps others, who came here with 
him ; the name of their mother unknown ; she had probably de- 
ceased before he removed here. He in. Sarah Rand of Prince- 
ton, in 1809. She d. March 25, 1825, aged 34. Chil. (no 
births on record) Elvira, who d. Jan. 6, 1821, aged 11 years ; 
Abigail, Thomas R. Edwin, and altered to Henry William, who 
m. Eunice, D. of Abner Stow of Grafton. 

He next m. Elizabeth, D. of Zenas Stone. 

NO YES, SAMUEL* (from Sudbury) m. Rachel, D. sup. 
of Hezekiah Pratt of Westboro', June 7, 1757. He was then 
called of Shrewsbury. Child, Rachel, b. March 22, 1758, and 
m. Daniel Tucker, in 1777. *' The mother d. suddenly, in a 
fit, when the child was about a fortnight old." — Chh. record. 



* Peter and Thomas Noyes, (on old records, A%ce, iVo/cc J shared in the di- 
vision of Sudbury meadows, in 1638, and may have been brothers. Deac. Peter 
Nojea d. there in 1657, and Thomas Noyes, in 1666. Peter JNo^es, probably a son 
of Peter or Thomas, m. Elizabeth Darrell there, Nov. 30, 1654, and had Elizabeth, 
b. in 1655, and Peter in 1656. 

A Joseph Noyes and Mary Barrel! were m. there, in 1662, and had 8 chil. b. 
there, between 1662 and 1676; of them were Joseph, b. in 1663; James, 1664; Mo- 
ses, 1667 ; and John, 1674. Their mother d. in 1677, and their father m. Mary, wid. 
of Maj. Simon Willard, in 1680. His s. Joseph, m. Ruth Haynes of Sudbury, Dec. 
go, 1693. Joseph, of Sudbury, sup. s. of Joseph and Ruth, m. Elizabeth Gilbert, 
Nov. 18, 1734, and were the parents of Daniel, who settled here. 

Samuel, abovementioned, was a relative of Daniel, and s. (it is iaid) of Peter, 
sf Sudbury. I cannot now trace his immediate ancestry. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 389 

He next m. Anna, D. of Amos Pratt of Westboro', April 9, 
1759 ; both ad. to chh. in 1810. He d. Nov. 25, 1826, aged 
94, and his wife, Anna, without issue, Nov. 2, 1826, aged 89. 
Their lamps went out for want of oil. 

NOYES, DANIEL (s. of Joseph of Sudbury) ra. Ruth 
Reed there, Nov. 1, 1764. She d. here Dec. 2, 1812, aged 68. 
Chil. Elizabeth, b. May 9, 1766, and d. Sept. 14, 1787 ; Rdief, 
Oct. 19, 1769, and d. Nov. 12, 1778; Sarah, April 2, 1774, 
and ra. Jonathan R. Smith, in 1793 ; Luther, May 22, 1776, m. 
Azubah, D. of Samuel Smith, April 14, 1799, and settled in 
Oakham ; Asahel, July 8, 1780 ; Daniel Gilbert, June 22, 
17S4, and d. in 1786; Daniel Gilbert, Dec. 5, 1786; Eliza- 
beth, Feb. 5, 1789, and m. John Fay of Westboro', March 
13, 1808. 

He next m. Abigail, (Lynde) wid. of Lemuel Rice of Worces- 
ter, in 1816. They were ad. to this chh. in 1817, she, from 
that in Worcester. He d. Feb. 3, 1824, aged 83, and his wid. 
Abigail, April 6, 1837, aged 90. 

NOYES, ASAHEL (s. of Daniel) m. Abigail, D. of Deac. 
Jonathan Fasset of Boylston, in 1802. She was ad. to chh. 
March, 1811, and d. the 29th of May following, aged 30 ; and 
he, Oct. 7, 1812, aged 32 ; both of consumption. Chil. Isaac 
Reed, h. Jan. 29, 1803, m. Sarah Flint, D. of Ebenezer Drury, 
Sept. 16, 1828, and removed to N. Y. ; Benjamin, Aug. 4, 
1805, and went to the South ; Asahel, bap. May 17, 1811, and 
d. infant. 

NOYES, DANIEL G. (s. of Daniel) m. Hannah W., D. 
of Cape. Thomas Knowlton, May 27, 1817. Chil. Cynthia 
Elizabeth, b. April 21, 1818; Sarah Maria, My 12, 1820; 
Calvin Witherby, Nov. 13, 1827. 

NOYES, RICHARD PRATT (from Sudbury) and his wife, 
Elizabeth Brown, had Samuel, b. March 14, 1815; Mary Anuj 



390 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Feb. 18, 1S17; Elizabeth, Dec. 5, 1819; Sarah Broion, Ur\. 
29, 1S22; Samuel Brown, Dec. 29, 1823; James Richard, 
July 12, 1826. 

NOYES, DANIEL (bro. of the preceding) and bis wife, 
Martha, from Sudbury, about 1829, purchased and settled upon 
what was once the Brewer farm, and had chil., not all b. here, 
but on record, as follows, Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 3, 1826 ; 
George Franklin, Oct. 4, 1828; William Addison, July 23, 
1S30; JVeltha Maria, April 29, 1833 ; ElknLouisa, Jan. 13, 
1836; Martha Ann, July 23, 1838. 

NELSON, DAVID* (s. of Deac. Jonathan of Upton, a 
native of Rowley) m. Susanna Bacheller, and came here from 
Upton, in 1760, with a family of children, viz : Abijah, who m. 
Sarah, D. of Asa Mixer, in 1790, lived in Leicester some years, 
and d. here, March 15, 1734, aged 72 ; no issue ; David ; Sol- 
omon, who m. Elizabeth Dunn of Northbridge, and removed to 
Ohio ; Daniel, who m. Sarah Smith of Orange, Vt., and with a 
family of chil. (no births on record here,) removed to Ohio ; 
Susanna, who m. Capt. Peter Salter, in 1784, removed to the 
Western part of N. Y., and had Isaac Harrington, Susanna Nel- 
son, Thankful Newton, Adam Harrington, and David Nelson ; 



* Thomas Nelson and his wife, Joan, with sons, Philip and Thomas, b. in Eng- 
land, were in Rowley, in 1033, where he was made freeman, the 23d of May, in 
that year, and d. in England, in 1G13, His s. Thomas, m. Ann Lambert, and had 
Thomas, b. in 1661 ; Jonathan, in IGG?} Gershom, in 1G72; and Francis, in 1676. 
Francis m. Mary Ray, and had Solomon, b. in 1703 ; David, in 1707 ; and Jonathan, 
in 1713. — Gage's History of Rowley. 

It has been supposed by the descendants of David, that Solomon Nelson came 
from England, settled in Rowley, and was the father of Jonathan, afterwards of 
Upton, and g. father of David, who came with his family to this town. It may 
have been so ; but, it no where appears of record, that a Solomon Nelson from 
England, settled in Rowley, or that a Solomon Nelson in Rowley had a s. Jonathan. 

Thomas, who m. Lambert, was from England, and was father of Francis, and g- 
father of Jonathan, b. in 1713, who was probably the Jonathan, who settled in Up- 
ton ; if so, David, b. about 1737, was a g. s. of Francis. Solomon, b. in 1703, (and 
he was the only Solomon there, until a later period) besides not having come from 
England, could hardly have bad a g. s. born so early as 1737. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 391 

Jonathan ; Josiali ; Amasa, h. Oct. 2, 1780 ; and Sarah, 
who ra. Isaac Newton, in 1S06. His wife, Susanna, d. Jan. 
3, 1785, 

The 2d wife of David Nelson was Susanna, D. of John, and 
sister of Samuel Brigham, whom he m. Nov. 24, 1785, and d. 
May 12, 1827, aged 90, and his wid. Susanna, March 12, 1830, 
aged 85. 

NELSON, DAVID, Jun. (s. of David) m. Lucy Adams, 
of Northbridge. Chil. (no births on record here) Sarah, Lucy, 
Elizabeth, Melissa, Louisa, Mary, llarriet, liinda, and Cla- 
rinda. 

NELSON, Capt. JONATHAN (s. of David) m. Eunice, 
D. of Jasper Stone, March 8, 1798, and d. here, June 1, 1827, 
aged 51. Chil. Elizabeth, b. IMarch 12, 1799, and m. Nahum 
Eager, in 1820 ; and next William W. Parker, and removed to 
Albany, N. Y. ; Jasper Stone, March 27, 1800, and d. Dec, 7, 
1821 ; David, June 6, 1801, and went to Illinois ; Sarah, June 
8, 1803, and sup. m. John Putnam, Jun., of Grafton, May 5, 
1829 ; Charles Lewis, Nov. 2G, 1805, ni. it is said, and remov- 
ed to Princeton ; Hannah Stone, Oct. 22, 1809, and went to 
Princeton ; Jonathan 11., April 26, 1812, and m. Adaline Keyes, 
D. of Josiah Hemenway. 

NELSON, JOSIAH (s. of David) m. Sophia Goddard of 
Worcester, June 28, 1812, and had Henry Harrisov, h. Jan. 
23, 1813, and d. Feb. 10, 1815; Luther, March 31, ISIG; 
Henry, Feb. 20, 1819; Jasper Stone, June 2, 1S22. 

NELSON, AMASA (s. of David) m. Levinah, D.of Dan- 
iel Mixer, Oct. 27, 1805. Chil. Louisa, b. April 20, 180G, 
and d. Jan. 26, 181 1 ; Amasa, Nov. 16, 1807 ; Samuel Free- 
man, Oct. 9, 1809; Louisa Rebecca, March 31, 1811 ; Cyn- 
thia Levinah, Jan. 3, 1813, and d. ; Marietta, Leonard, 

Jubal, Adam Harrington, Julia Ann, Lucy, and Eliza. 



392 FAMILY REGISTER. 

NICHOLS, Capt. JOSEPH (sup. from Westboro') came 
here about 1S04, built and lived on ihe place now of Silas May- 
nard. and removed iVoiii town about 1812. There is no record 
of a birth or a death in his family while here. The births of 
some of his younger chil., but not those of the older, are record- 
ed in Westboro' — whence it may be inferred he lived there but a 
few years, before he came here. By the record there it appears 
that "Joseph Nichols d. Sept. 15, 1796, and his wife, Judith, 
Aug, 21, 1796." Probably they were the parents of Capt. Jo- 
sepb, the name of whose wife is sup. to have been Thankful, 
Miri-Ann, b. Aug. 24, 1796 ; Joseph, Dec. 8, 1798; Caroline, 
June 3, 1801 ; and Louisa, April 25, 1803, are there called the 
chil. of Capt. Joseph and Thankful Nichols. His D. Pamelia, 
m. John Meacham, Jun. of Watertown, May 7, 1809, and his s. 
James, m. Abigail Cloyes of Framingham, in 1811, and removed 
to Westboro', where he had Abigail, who d. here unra. March 28, 
1839, aged 26, and Maria, June 24, 1839, aged 16. 

OLIVER, STEPHEN (a native of Roxbury) m. Mary, D. 
of Jedediah Tucker, Jun., Dec. 2, 1798. She d. here, Nov. 
26, 1342, aged 65. Chil, (no births on record here ;) the fol- 
lowing are, at Westboro', where he lived a few years, and came 
here about 1818; William, b. March 13, 1810; Marshall, 
June 16, 1812; Stephen, April 26, 1814; and perhaps Mary 
Ann, who m. Dexter Pratt. 

PRATT, ELEAZER m. Ruhamah Tomlin of Westboro', 
Jan. 15, 1729, and was living on house lot. No. 1, in 1728. 
Chil. Hannah, b. May 1730; Ruhamah, April 16, 1732, and 
sup. m. Thomas Frost of Westboro' in 1760; Mart/, Dec. 11, 
1734, and sup. m. Silas Frost of Westboro', in 1761 ; Sarah, 
Oct. 11, 1736, and m. Jacob Knowlton of Hardwick, in 1759 ; 
Rufus, Oct. 2, 1738, m. Hannah Ball of Westboro', May 11, 
1763, and settled in Hardwick; Reuben, Sept. 7, 1741, and 
sup. m. Ruth Williams of Westboro', in 1768 ; Eleazer, Oct, 
20, 1743, and m. Mary Druce of Grafton, Sept. 26, 1776. 

Eleazer Pratt was set off to Westboro', in 1762, 



FAMILY REGISTER, 393 

PRATT, AMOS (from Westboro', sup. bro. of the preced- 
ing, and, of Hezekiah, Jolin and Isaac of VVeslboro',) m. Anna, 
D. of Elnathan and Mary Allen, Dec. 1-2, 1722. Slie was ad. 
to this chh. in 1727 and he, in 1734. There is no record here 
of the death of either of them. Chil. Elnathan, b. Dec. 8, 
1723 ; Amos, Oct. 18, 1725 ; Isaac, July 27, 1727 ; Alpheus, 
Sept. 7, 1731 ; Mercy, Aug. 31, 1733, and sup, m. Joiham 
Death, March 5, 1751 ; Anna, May 14, 173S, and m. Samuel 
Noyes, in 1759; Mary, Oct. 19, 1742, and may have been the 
Mary Pratt, who was pub. to Solomon Fay, July 24, 1761, both 
then called of Shrewsbury. 

PRATT, JOSIAH m. Sarah Wilson, Oct. 8, 1724, and had 
Joseph, b. here, Aug. 16, 1725. 

Thomas Pratt, and Sarah, his wife, of Hassanamisco, were ad. 
to this chh. in 1724, and he dis. Dec. 12, 1731, in order to lay- 
ing the foundation of a chh. there ; his wife, Sarah, was dis. to 
that chh. in March of the next year. — Chh. Records. 

PRATT, ELNATHAN (s. of Amos) m. Abigail, D. of 
Maj. Joseph Mixer, April 26, 1748. She d. Sept. 10, 1808, 
aged 73, and he. Jan. 20, 1813, aged 89. Chil. Abigail, b. 
June 10, 1749, and d. infant; Scih, March 24, 1751 ; Joseph 
and Benjamin, Marc 1 • 2, 17 3; the latter d, infant ; Benja- 
min, Aui;. 1, 1755; Abigail, in 175S, and m. Samuel Smith, in 
1778; Nathan, Nov. 11, 1759 ; Thankful, Oct. 6, 1761, and 
m. Caleb Parker, in 1781 ; Bulah, On. 1 1, 17G3, and m. Peter 
Cary ; Zilpah, ; Sarah, Ocl. 22, 1765, and m. Jona- 
than Harrington, in 1783 j Shepard, July 28, 1773. 

PRATT, ISAAC (s. of Amos) m. Hepzibah Brown, Sept. 
21, 1749. They were ad. to this chh. in 1763. Chil. Amos,h. 
Sept. 23, 1750; Samuel,Nov. ^, 1752; ^/i;art,Sept. 23, 1754;. 
Sene, (Asenath) March 28, 1757, and d. infant; Stne, Oct. 1, 
1759; Vienna, Feb. 17, 1762; Emerson, April 19, 1764;. 
Vashni, July 26, 1768, m. Joanna, D. of Daniel Tucker, Sept. 
3J, 171,8, and settled in Marlboro', Vi. ; Annis, Oct. 8, 1771. 
60 



S94 FAMILY REGISTER. 

PRATT, ALPHEUS (s. of Amos) m. Lydia, D. of Maj. 
Joseph iMixer, Jan. 23, 1753. Chil. Lydia, b. July 4, l75o, 
and m. Elnatl)an Allen, Jon., in 1773; Slephen, April 30, 1755, 
and m. Lucy, D. of Jed. Tucki^'. Jun., .-'ept. 8, 1783 ; Ebene- 
ezer, Feb. 27, 1757; Anna Saphira, Match '23, 1759; 31ory, 
June 24, 17G1 ; Am, bnp. May 24, 1764; Orlin, bap. March 
30, 1766; Levi, bap. July 5, 1772 ; Nathaniel, bap. Dec. 19, 
1773. The parents removed to Marlboro', Vt., and d. there. 

PRATT, Capt. SETH (s. of EInathan) m. Margaret Stacey 
of Hopkinton, in 1772. Chil. Joseph, b. Ufay 26, 1774; Han- 
nah, Nov. 30, 1775, and m. Schuyler Fisher. March 8, 179S ; 
they went to liichfield, N. Y. ; Abigail, May 3, 1777, and m. 
Amasa Holden, in 1797 ; they went to Penn Yan, N. Y. ; EIna- 
than, Nov. 1 G, 1778, m. Cornelia, D. of I^evi Bush of Worces- 
ter, and settled there, and d. in Alton, 111., in 1833 ; Nymphas, 
Dec. 24, 1780; Margaret, Aug. 20, 1782, and m. Daniel Hol- 
den ; Relief, June 20, 1784, and m. Moses H. Felton of Barre ; 
Seth, April 5, 1786; Alice, Aug. 6, 1791, m. Phineas Hay- 
wood, and d. in 1812, aged 21. 

Capt. Pratt removed to Barre, about 1806, and d. there, April 
5, 1829, aged 78; and his wid. Margaret, in Sept. following, 
aged ij'3, 

PRATT, BENJAMIN (s. of EInathan) m. Sarah, D. of 
Joseph 'remple, Aug. 15. 1776, and had Zilpah, bap. March 
22,1778; Reahen, hnp. OcA. 22, 1780; iMary, bap. Feb. 5, 
17S2 ; John Gilbert, bap. May 15, 1785, and removed from 
town. 

PRATT, NATHAN (s, of EInathan) m. Dolly, D. of Ste- 
phen Parkrr, Feb. 10, 178fi. They were ad. to this chh. in 
1788. She '1. Nov. 16, 1834, a-ed 72. He, extensively 
known as " master Pratt," and a long succession of years, an 
efficient and prni-eworih)' school-master, d. May 11, 1847, aged 
87 .J. Chil. Martha, b. July 22, 1780, and m. Seth Hemenway, 



FAMILY REGISTER. 395 

in 1830; Lewis, Oct. 19, 17S3 ; Caleb, July 19, 1786, maie 
and supercargo of a vessel, taken piisoncr on the high seas by 
the Spaniards, and carried to St. Domingo, where he d. of yellow 
fever, Oct. 22, 1809 ; Thankful, May 15, 1783, and d. inlani; 
Thankful, April 15, 1791, and m. Luke Knowlton Rice, in 
181 1 ; Samuel Austin, Aug. 9, 1794; Phebe, Jan. 18, 1797, 
and d. unin. Ont. .30, 1830; Nathan, July 5, 1800; Dexter, Aug. 
10, 1803, and ni. M;iry Ann Oliver ; and she dying, he tii. again 
in N. Y., went to Mexico, and d. there, at Valadolid. some years 
since; Otis, Mny 15, 18013, m. Elizabeth Putnam of Sutton, 
and settled there. 

PRATT, SHEPARD (s.ofElnathnn) m. Catharine Walker 
of Worcester, in 1801, and ad. to this chh. in 1822. Chil. Wil- 
liam Walker, b. Jan. 13, 180:3 ; Mary, Feb. 9, 1801. and m. 
Levi Green, in 1825; Joseph Harvey and Henry Benjamin^ 
Sept. 16, 1807 ; the former m. E.nily, D. of Ephraim Gould- 
ing of Grafton, and the latter, Mary P., D. of Benjamin Brig- 
ham, April 6, 1830 ; Leander Shepard, May 19, 1812, and m. 
Martha, D. of Deac. Albert Stone of Grafton ; Catharine^ 
March 19, 1814. 

PRATT, JOSEPH (s. of Seth,) m. Martha Goulding of 
Grafton, D. of the 2d wife of Col. Job Cushing, Oct. 3, 1796. 
She was ad. to this chh. in 1801. He d. Sept. 20, 1813, aged 
69. Cliil. Charles Leland, h. Jan. 2, 1797; John Goidding 
and Sarah Brigham, Aug. 21, 1793; Joshua Goulding, Jan. 
24, 1801, and sup. m. Martha Arms of Deerfield, in 1825; Ed- 
ward Ayers, Oct. 29, 1802, and sup. m. Miry Aim Stratton of 
Princeton, in 1827 ; Catharine Hill, bap. Dec. 7, 1804, and m. 
Abraham VVheelock, in 1830. And perhaps others, but not on 
record here. 

PRATT, NYMPHAS, Esq. (s. of Seth) m. Submit, wid. 
of Edward Kingsbury of Brookfield, and D. of Jonah Howe, 
Esq., May 22, 1805. Chil. William, b. Jan. 30, 1806; Caro- 
line, Feb. 8, 1808, and m. Dr. Lavvson Myrick of Brookfield, 



396 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Jan. 29, 1829 ; AligaU, July 7, 1811, and ra. Simon H. Allen, 
in 1S35 ; Allice, July 13, 1813, and d. infant ; Charlotte Maria, 
Nov. 23, 1814, and ni. Dr. William Curtis of Brookfield, Jan. 

1, 1840; Frances Submit, April 4, 1S21. 

PRATT, WILLIAM (s. of the preceding) grad. B. U., 
18-25, m. Elizabeth S. Sikes of Worcester, May 27, 1830, and 
settled here in the practice of the law. Chil. Henry Sikes, b. 
March 2, 1S3 1, and d. March 10, 1837; Clara Caroline, March 

2, 1833 ; Mary B., Feb. 26, 1835, and d. in 1836. 

He removed to Worcester, in 1835, and d. there, Feb. 2, 
1839, aged 33. 

PRATT, LEWIS (s. of Nathan) m. Hannah, D. of Capt. 
Thon)as Harrington, Feb. 21, 1802, removed to Bridport, Vt., 
and d. leaving a numerous family, Nov. 1844, aged 61 ; and his 
wid. Hannah, in April, 1845, aged 59. 

PRATT, SAMUEL AUSTIN (s. of Nathan) ni. Harriet, 
D. of Joshua Cornish of Boston, Aug. 16, 1815. Chil. Caleb, 
b. Dec. 25, 1815; Maria, June 4, 1817; Charles Henry, Jan. 
2, 1819 ; Sainud Austin, Jan. 16, 1822; Dolly, July 30, 1825; 
George Dexter, Dec. 28, 1829. 

PRATT, NATHAN, Jun. (s. of INathan) m. Sarah, D. of 
Arunah Harlow, Sept. 9, 1824. Chil. Sarah Ellen, b. June 5, 
1824; Edward Henry, Nov. 4, 1S2G ; Emeline, Dec. 19, 1828; 
Abigail, Oct. 8, 1831 ; Clarissa, Aug. 3, 1835 ; Harriet Mar- 
tineau, Jane 24, 1837; George Harlow, March 12, 1839; and 
Alvan Stewart, Aug. 10, 1841. 

PRATT, WILLIAM W. (s. of Shepard) m. Mary, D. of 
William Adams of Watertown, in 1825. She d. Feb, 2, 1845, 
aged 41. Chil. Lowell Adams, b. Nov. 24, 1828; Eveline 
Hannah, May 12, 1831; Eliot miliam, July 6, \83S -, Em- 
mons Walker, June 6, 1841. 

His 2d wife was Martha Ware, D. of John Mason, Jun. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 397 

PRATT, EPHRAIM, * b. in 1GS7, (s. sup. of Ephraim 
and Elizabeth of Sudbury,) m. Martha, D. of Deac. Samuel 
Wheelock, July 9, 17-24, and was living on house lot, No. 44, in 
1729. They made a public profession of religion in 1726, and 
had 8 chil. b. and bap. here, viz: Tynis,h. Oct. 1, 1725; 
Silas, on the town, and Cyrus, on the chh. record, Dec. 28, 
1726 ; Ephraim, Feb. 7, 1728; Noah, Jan. 19, 1729; Micah, 
April 25, 1731, and said to have d. at the age of 103, where, 
unknown; Abel, July 10, 1732; Rachel, April 24, 1735; 
Olive, April 15, 1739, and bap. in 1742. 

He removed to Shutesbury, but when unknown, and d. there, 
in May, 1804, aged 116. 



* Joshua and Phineas Pratt came to Plymouth in 1G28 — the former was 30 years 
of age, when he left Englaud ; the latter m. Ciuhbert ('uthbertson in Plymouth, and 
removed perhaps to Weymouth, but at last to Charlestown. The records there 
contain the following : " Phineas Pratt, Sen., one of the first planters in New Eng- 
land, joiner, d. April 19, 1G80." 

Joshua Pratt, Plymouth, 1G28. His grandson, Ephraim Pratt, b. in East Sudbury, 
Nov. 1687, lived to be 116 years of years, and d. in Shutesbury, Mass., in May 1804. 
Michael, (this (irobably should be Micah,) a son of Ephraim, d. in lo2G, aged 
103. — Farmer. 

The late Dr. Stearns of Sudbury, in a genealogical manuscript, says Ephraim 
Pratt, b. in 1687, was s. of Ephraim and Elizabeth Pratt. Thus it appears, Joshua 
of Plymouth, had a son, Ephraim, who settled in Sudbury. Eleazer, Amos, Josiah, 
Isaac, Thomas, and Henry Pratt, were probably relatives, perhaps some of them 
brothers, of Ephraim of 1687. Some of them may have been sons of Thomas and 
Lydia Pratt, who had Daniel, b. in Sherburne, Jan. 1, 168G; Thomas of Sherburne, 
I suppose to have been a s<m of Joshua of Plymouth, and brother of Ephraim of 
Sudbury. This, whether correct or not, may aid fuither investigation. 

Whatever relates to one of the human race, who, in latter times, lives to the re- 
markable age of IIG years, and what still more extraordinary, retains his niental 
and bodily faculties to a degree rarely possessed by any, who have passed their 
eightieth year, is of exciting interest, and induces me to subjoin an extract from 
Dwight's Travels, Vol. 2d, p.age 358. The Rev. Dr. Dwight, President of Vale 
College, visited Pratt in Shutesbury, and remarks : 

"He was born at Sudbury, Mass., in 1G87 ; and in one month from tho date of 
our arrival (Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1803,) would complete his one hundred and six- 
teenth year. He was of middle stature, firmly built, plump, but not encumbered 
with flesh ; less withered than multitudes at seventy ; possessed of considerable 
strength, as was evident from the grasp of his hand and the sound of his voice, and 
without any marks of extreme age. About two months before, his sight became 
80 impaired, that he was unable to distinguish persons j his hearing, also, for a short 



398 FAMILY REGISTER. 

time had been so imperfect, that he could not distinctly hear common conversation. 
His memory was still vigorous^ liis understanding sound, and his mind sprightly in 
its conceptions. 

" The principal part of the time, which I was in the house, he held me by the 
hand, cheerfully answered all my questions, readily gave me an account of himself 
in such particulars as I wished to know ; observed to me, that my voice indicated, 
that I was not less than forty-five years of age, and that he must appear very old to 
me, adding, however, that some men, who had not passed their seventieth year, 
probably looked almost, or quite as old as himself. We were informed, partly by 
himself, and partly by his host, that he had been a laborious man all his life ; and 
particularly, that he had mown grass one hundred and one years successively — the 
preceding summer he had been able to perform this labor. During this season 
his utmost effort was a walk of half a mile ; in this walk he stumbled over a log 
and fell ; immediately afterwards he began evidently to decline, and lost, in a con- 
siderable degree, both his sight and hearing; in the summer of 1802, he walked 
without inconvenience two miles, and mowed a small quantity of grass. 

" Throughout his life he had been uniformly temperate ; ardent spirits he rarely 
tasted, cider he drank at times, but sparingly. In the vigorous periods of his life, 
he had accustomed himself to eat flesh, but much more abstemiously than most 
other persons in this country. Milk, which had always been a great part, was now 
the whole of his diet. 

"He is naturally cheerful, and humorous; apparently unsusceptible of tender 
emotions, and not much inclined to serious thinking. According to an account 
which he gave his host, he made a public profession of religion ne.nr seventy years 
before our visit to him, [it will be seen that it was seventy-eight years before] but 
was not supposed by him, or by others acquainted with him to be a religious man. 
He conversed easily, and was plainly gratified with the visits and conversation 
of strangers. 

" When he was ninety-three years old, he made a bargain with his host, who 
told us the story, that he should support him, during the remainder of his life, 
for £20. 

" He was never sick, but once, and then with the fever and ague ; it is scarcely 
necessary to observe, that a man one hundred and sixteen years old, without re- 
ligion, was a melancholy sight to me. 

"Three or four years before this time I saw in a newspaper an advertisement 
written by a person, who professed and appeared to be acquainted with him and 
his concerns, in which it was said, that his descendants, some of whom were of 
the fifth generation, amounted, probably, to more than 1500." 

I must apologise for not omitting the last paragraph but one, in the Dr's account 
of Mr. Pratt; to entertain the thought, that he was "without religion," was un- 
charitable; to say so unqualifiedly vi\m usurping the throne of the Almighty, and 
passing judgment uncalled for and without knowledge. 

It is a " melancholy sight" to see to what extent, spiritual pride, want of chari- 
ty, and the denunciation of those, as unbelievers, and " without religion," who do 
not confess and profess to the liking of some, has alienated man from his fellow 
man, and made him the persecutor of his race for religions sake. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 399 

PRATT, EPHRAIM, J.in. (s. of the preceding) m. Abial 
Tjeland, here, Oct. 10, 175-2. They owned the chli. covenant 
in 1754. Chi). Miriam, b. Marcli 10, 17-34; Abel, Yeh. 14, 
1756, and d. infant ; Ephrnim, Jan 19, 1757 ; Susanna, Nov. 
8, 1759, and'd. Nov. 18, 1780 ; Rachel, July 15, 1761 ; Lucy, 
Oct. 8, 1763, and stip. rn. John Kendrick of Warwick, in 1782 ; 
Abel, March 7, 1766, and d. infant ; Moses, Av^. 12, 1768; 
Aaron, Feb. 12, 1771. He is said to have removed to Gardner. 

An Ezekiel Pratt was in Hardwick, before 1759 ; a Lt. in the 
French war. 

An Ephraim was also tiiere, in 1779. 

PRATT, EPHRAIM, Jun. (s. of Ephraim and Abial) m. 
Rebecca Goodenow of Paxton, in 1777, and had Mary, Abel 
and r^aaiel, who was b. Feb. 7, 1782; all bap. here, Dec. 
12, 1783. 

He removed, it is said, to the Western part of N. Y. 

PRATT, HENRY whose wife was Ann, had Mary, bap. 
here, Oct. 21, 1742. 

POTTER, JOHN m. Martha Jewett, in Sudbury, March 4, 
1719, and were both then called of that town. When they 
came here, is unknown, probably late in life ; there is no record 
here of birth, baptism or death of their chil. He was living in 
the S. part of the town, in 1760 ; his wife, Martha, d. here, June 
2, 1761, aged 71. He was ad. to this chh. in 17G3, and d. 
March 22, 1771, aged 87 and 7 mos. 

Daniel Potter, who, in 1745, then called of Brookfield, m, 
Abigail, D. of Gershom Wheelock of this town, may have been 
his son. 

PATTEN, JOHN and his wife, Elizabeth, were ad. to this 
chh. from that in Rillerica, in 1754, and had Hannah, b. here, 
Sept. 2, 1753. 

PEARSON, JOHN, whose wife was Anna, probably lived 
in the N. P. They had Sarah, b. Dec. 2, 1753 ; Josiah, June 



400 FAMILY REGISTER. 

24, 1756 ; Joseph, June 8, 1759 ; Anna, June 30, 1762 ; Lu- 
cinda and Dorinda^ Jan. 22, 1765 ; Frances, July 22, 1767. 

Jane Pearson, pub. to Silas Whitney of JNo town, near Lan- 
caster, March, 1758. 

Phebe Pearson m. Amos Spring, Oct. 11, 1759. 

PRESCOTT, EBENEZER, whose wife was Jerusha, had 
Patience, b. Nov. 6, 1750, d. infant ; Joseph, March 6, 1753. 

PERRY, DANIEL, whose wife was Mary, had Joseph, b. 
Feb. 11, 1766. 

PARKER, JOHIV m. Experience Cloyes of Framingham, 
Feb. IS, 173L They were ad. to this chh. in 1732. Chil. 
John, b. Jan. 28, 1732; Etpcrience, Oct. 8, 1733; Ananias, 
bap. Sept. 21, 1735; Abigail, b. Dec. 1, 173G. TJie parents 
were dis. to the chh. in Framingham, in 1733. 

PARKER, THOMAS and Bathslieha Smith, both of Sud- 
bury, were m. there, Feb. 20, 1733, and ad. to this chh. in 1741. 
Chil. Kizia, b. Dec. 9, 1738, and d. infant; Eizahctli, Dec. 
24, 1739; Kezin, Sept. 16, 1741. "The parents were dis. to 
the cliti. in Grafton, in 1742, where they now dwell." — Chh. 
record of that date. 

PARKER, Wn.LTAM and Mary, D. of Simon Maynard, 
were m. Oct. 23, 1739. She was ad. to this chh. in 1742. 
Chil. William, b. March 18, 1740; Joab, April 20, 1741 j 
Nathaniel, bap. March 20, 1743. 

PARKER, WILLIAM (s. of William) ra. Tabiiha Sawyer, 
Dec. 17, 1761, and d. Aug. 5, 1770, aged 30 and 5 mos. Chil. 
Parnal, (a D.) July 4, 1763; Eunice, Dec. 8, 1764, and d. 
Aug. 11, 1770; Joab, Aug. 29, 1767, and d. Aug. 11, 1770; 
Joseph Sawyer, Feb. 21, 1770, and d. April 14, 1771. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 401 

PARKER, STEPHEN (said to have come from Roxbury, 
and called Jan., on the record^, here, whose wife was Abigail) 
was ad. to this chh. in 1711, and his wife in 1740. He lived 
on the place, now of Adam Harrington, Esq. Chil. Stephen, 
b. March 8, 1733; Abigail, April -20, 1710, and m. Jonas 
IVewton of VV^orcester, May 19, 1759; IS'ehemiah, bap. IMarch 
14, 1742 ; Caleb, April I, 1744, went into the service when very 
young, and was killed in the French war; Mary, Aug. 6, 1746; 
Ruth, Aug. 15, 1748, and m. Samuel Britton, Jun. of South- 
boro', in 1768; Elizabeth, May 13, 1751, and d. infant; Eliz- 
abeth, June 27, 1754, and m. Moses Dodge, of Brookfield, in 
1773; Fhebe, Jone 4, 1755, and tn. Iiharnar Ward, in 1773; 
Catharine, Feb. 10, 1758, and in. David Peirks, in 1778 ; Ca- 
leb, July 14, 1760 ; Dolli/, Aug. 22, 17G2, and m. Nathan Pratt, 
in 1780. 

There is no record here of the death of Stephen Parker, or of 
his wife, Abisiail. 



PARKER, STEPHEN, Jun. (s. of the preceding) m. Mary, 
D. of Jonathan INlorse, Dec. 17, 1760. Chil. Jonathan, b. iNov. 
28, 1761; Almorin, Dec. 16, 1764. 

He removed with his family to N. H., and d. at Walpole. 

PARKER, NEHEMIAH (s. of Stephen) grad. H. U., in 
1763, m. Mary Richardson of IJolton, in 1765, was ord. to t!ie 
ministry in Ilubbardston, (being the first minister settled there) 
June 13, 177,0; dis. June 16, 1800, and d- April 20, 1801, 
aged 5 J. 

PARKER, CALEB (s. of Stephen) b. in 1760, m. Thank- 
ful, D. of Elnathan Pratt, Aug. 14, 1781, and had Mary, who 
was bap. May 4, 1783; and Lydia, bap. on the 26ih of Oct. 
next, following. 

He removed to Stukely, Lower Canada, and d. there. His 
wid. Thankful, was recently living there, at the age of 83 years. 
51 



402 FAMILY REGISTER. 

PARKER, SIMON* (from Groton) m. Mary, D. of Asa 
BoLiker, July 14, 1742. He was ad. to this chh. in 1778 ; and 
d. Oct, 26, 1794, aged 75 ; and she, in 1772, and d. Aug. 21, 
1800, aged 78. Chi!. Solomon, bap, March 6, 1743 ; a D., 
(name illegible on the record, perhaps Martha) bap. Feb. 3, 
1745 ; the age of his D. Martha, who d, unm. Jan, 17, 1820, 
was 72, as appears of record ; if she was the one bap. in 1745, 
her age was 75 or more, in 1S20 ; Lucy, bap. March 22, 1747 ; 
she is the last of his chil. whose baptism I can find on record, 
and Jthamar, b. Aug. 20, 1760, is the first whose birth is record-^ 
ed ; Asa; Mary, b. May 19, 1763, and m. Nathan Howe, in 
1783 ; Samuel, Dec. 9, 1766. 

PARKER, SOLOMON (s. of Simon) whose wife was Han- 
nah, had Simon, bap. here, March 25, 1770. "These persons 
are settled on Kennebec River." — Chh. Records. 

PARKER, ASA (s. of Simon) m. Lydia, D. of Deac. Jonas 
Stone, June 1 1, 1783. She was ad. to this chh. in 1783 ; and 
he, in 1806. Chil. Sarah, b. May 4, 1784, and d. unm. March 
27, 1803; Lydia, Marcii 16, 1786, and m. Ephraim Sherman, 
of Westboro', in 1812 ; Lucy, June 24, 1788, and m. William 
T. Alexander, in IS22 ; Luke, Aug, 3, 1790, and pub, to Tamar 
Hastings of Boylston, July 21, 1811 ; Jonas, Oct. 24, 1792, 
and went to Virginia ; Simon, March 1 1, 1795, and d. May 12, 
1819; Phebc, May 30, 1797, and deceased; Maria, April 5, 
1800, and m. Naihnniel C. Warren of Springfield, Dec. 6, 1825 ; 
Asa, Oct, 13, 1802 ; Samuel Stilhnan, April 20, 1807 ; Eben- 
ezer Reed, Oct. 2, IS 10. Tlie parents removed to Paxton, 
about 1829. 

PARKER, ITHAMAR, (s. of Simon) m. Hannah, D. of 
John Rice, Feb. 4, 1790, and d. Dec. 27, 1799, aged 39^ ; his 



*Capt. James Parker, one of the early settlers of Groton, and nearly forty years 
a leading man in that town, and whose wife was Mary, had Samuel, b there, Sept. 
22, 1682, who m. Deborah, D. of Jonas Prescott, the ancestor of distinguished men 
of that name, in that vicinity, and had bimon above mentioned, who was b. April 
SO, 1719. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 403 

w'ld., Hannah, was ad. to this chli. in 1801, and d. July 3, 1845, 
aged SO. Chii. Seth, b. xMay 23, 1793 ; Rebecca, July 5, 1797, 
and m. Solomon Bi2,elow of Boylston, Nov. 24, IS 18. 

PARKER, SETH (s. of Itliamar) ni. Mary Bolles, Jan. 
19, 1817, and d. Oct. 8, 1828, in his 36th year. Chil. Lovisa, 
h. May 27, 1818; Eineline, Nov. 20, 1820; Charles Hiram, 
Dec. 29,-1824. 

PARKER, AMOS and his wife, Anna Stone, were ad. to 
this chl). from that in Lexington, in 1753. He d. here. Doc. 23, 
1790, aged 68, and i)is wid. Anna, Nov. 18, 1799, aged 72. 
Chil. Amos, who settled in Hubbardston ; Isaac, b. July 15, 
1750 ; Hollis, Oct. 2, 1752 ; Elisha, Dec. 31, 1754, went to 
Templeton, or vicinity, m. a D., it is said, of 'Squire Baker, who 
went from VVesiboro', and d. there ; Ephrni/n, Oct. 4, 1757, 
went to Royalston, m. and d. there ; Anna, who m. Deac. Jonas 
Stone, in 1788, and Deac. Ebenezer Reed of Worcester, in 
1810; Nahum, March 4, 1760; Frederick, May 4, 1762 j 
Elizabeth, May 18, 1764, and d. infant ; Elizabeth, March 28, 
1769, and m. Amos Whitney of Worcester, in 1800. 

We may suppose the parents were settled here as early as 
1750 ; their s. Isaac, was bap. here, the 32d of July in that year. 

PARKER, ISAAC (s. of Amos) m. Margery Maynard, 
D. sup. of Ebenezer and Amee of Westboro', in 1770, and set- 
tled there, where he d. Jan. 26, 1793, aged 47^, and his wid. 
Margery, April 30, 1801, aged 51, 4 mos. Chil. Joel, b. Sept. 
16, 1770; Gardner, March 14,1772; Otis, April 1, 1774, 
and m. Mary, D. of Daniel Nurse of Westboro', Dec. 15, 179C, 
and settled in Lancaster ; Jabez Maynard, Aug. 9, 1776 ; Lucy, 
Aug. 27, 1778, and d. Oct. 5, 1794; Anna, May 25, 1781, 
and d. in 1795 ; Sophia, Dec. 30, 1782 ; David, May 1, 17S5 j 
Lewis, March 1, 1787. 

PARKER, HOLLIS (s. of Amos) m. Lovisa Bragg of 
Royalston, and lived there, or in that vicinity, several years, and 



404 FAMILY REGISTER. 

returned here about 1790, with a fiuiiily of chil. and settled on 
the homestead. He d, here, Oct. 26, 1S24, aged 72, and his 
W'id. Lovisa, Jan. 26, 1831, aged 81. Chil. Amos, who m. and 
settled in Bolton ; physician there, and probably the oldest post- 
master in the Coinmonweilih ; Mtrij Jtnnison, who m. Josiah 
Harrington, in 1S03, and Asahel Allen, in 1S05 ; Silence, who 
m. James Hall, in Idll ; Silas, who d. unm. Jan. 19, 1835, 
aged 46; Hollis, b. (the firjt on record here) March 23, 1793 ; 
Hennj, May 10, 1795. 

PARKER, HOLLIS (s. of Hollis) m. Pamelia Ann, D. of 
Levi Pease, Jan., Nov. 13, 1817, and had chil. b. here, of whom 
there is no public record. They removed from town. 

PARKER, HENRY (s. of Hollis) m. Sarah Fuller of Phil- 
iipston, July 25, 1815; she d. here May 4, 1819, aged 23. 

PARKER, NAHUM (s. of Amos) whose wiie was Mary, 
had Hannah, b. here, Dec. 26, 1784. The parents were ad. to 
this chh. in 1785, and dis. to that in Filzwilliam, N. H., in 1786, 
where they had Ephraim, who settled in Athol, and Amos A., 
who was some years Register of Probate in the County of Mer- 
rimac, in that State. The father was many years Judge of the 
Court of C. Pleas, in N. H. 

PARKER, FREDERICK (s. of Amos) grad. H, U., 1784, 
settled in the ministry in Canterbury, N. H., and d, in the pulpit, 

in 1802.,. , \ , , _ . . 

PARKER, GEORGE, a foreigner and deserter, in the early 
part of the revolution, from the British service, came here before 
1794, and ra. Abigail Taylor, a wid., and D. of Moses Sever, 
Sept. 14th of that year. He was then advanced in life, and left 
town soon after the year 1800. 

Ruth Parker was pub. to Amos Shumvvay of Oxford, March 
20, 1745. , . . , 



FAMILY REGISTER. 405 

John Parker, called of this town, in. Olive, D. of Jonas Tem- 
ple, May 4, 1780. 

PALMER, DAVID, whose wife was Eunice, had Catharine, 
b. here, Nov. 4, 17G2. 

PARTRIDGE,, STEPHEN, whose wife was Esther, had 
Lewis, b. here, Aug. 29, 177G. 

PEIRKS, JOHN and Hannah Hammond, were ni. in 
Waltham, and both called of (hat town, Nov. 28, 1748, and soon 
after removed to lliis town ; he was probably a native of Newton. 
In the marriage record his name is written Por/ts ; the family 
here- have always written it Fcirks, and the town and chh. re- 
cords have the same spelling ; Park is the original name. They 
were ad. to this chh. in 1794. He d. here, June 8, 1804, aged 
84, and his wid. Hannah, March 2G, 1809. Chil. Abigail, 
b. June 1, 1749, and d. unm. July 4, 1828, aged 79 ; Hannah, 
Nov. 22, 1750, and m. Nathan Waite of Leicester, (his 2d wife) 
May 20, 1773, and d. there, his wid., in April, 1847, aged 96J; 
Jonathan and David, April 12, 1753 ; the latter in. Catharine, 
D. of Stephen Parker, April 27, 1778, and removed from town ; 
Nahiun, bap. June 13, 1756 ; John, bap. July, 1759 ; Samuel, 
bap. Aug. 20, 17G1, and m. Annis Muzzy, Oct. 14, 1793; 
Mary, bap. July 19, 17G7, and m. Nathan Muzzy, in 1790. 

PEIRKS, JONATHAN (s. of John) m. Rhoda, D. of El- 
nathan Allen, Dec. 7, 1780, and next Sarah, D. of Moses Liv- 
ermore of Spencer, April 23, 1787, and d. in North Brookfield, 
March, 1847, aged 94. 

PEIRKS, JOHN, Jun. (s. of John) m. Mary Joshn, called 
of this town, but sup. from Westboro', Nov. 25, 1788. They 
were ad. to the chh. here in 1791. She d. Nov. 3, 1831, aged 
61 ; he survives, and lives on the homestead. Chil. Joseph Jos- 
lin, h. Aug. 22, 1790, m. Relief, D. of Peter Cary, June 13, 
1813, and removed to Savannah ; they both d. there ; John Sea- 



406 FAMILY REGISTER. 

ger, April 13, 1793, m. Charlotte, D. of Samuel Smith, in 1814, 
and settled in Providence, R. I. ; Jesse, Jan. 7, 1795, m. Julia, 
D. of William Knowlton, March 30, 18-21, and settled in Provi- 
dence ; Hannah, April 4, 1798, and d. unm. Feb. 11, 1834; 
Catharine Henshaw, March 4, 1801 ; Eunice Eddy, March 20, 
1S04; George Sumner, bap. May 8, 1807, and m. Caroline 
Cotting of East Sudbury, in 1830 ; Charles Freeman, bap. May 
12, 1811, and went to Wisconsin. 

PIKE, JACOB (sup. from Marlboro') m. Bulah Parmenter 
of Sudbury, in 1770. Cliil. Saloma, b. April 5, 1772 ; Levi, 
March 20, 1774 ; and Jotham, Oct. 20, 1776. 

Ebenezer Pike m. Lydia Glazier, a wid. of Lancaster, March 
21, 1758. 

Nathan Pike, m. Abigail, D. of Samuel Holland, May 10, 
1769. The Pikes lived in the N. P. 

PEIRCE, JONATHAN m. Jemima, D. of Joseph Miles, 
May 3, 1768, and had Oliver Mies, b. Oct. 17, 1769. 

PETRCE, OLIVER, whose wife was Abigail, had Dolly, 
b. Jan. 12, 1777 ; James, Feb. 24, 1779; and Abigail, Feb. 
— , 1781. 

PEIRCE, ISAAC (from Sutton,) m. Esther, D. of Ebene- 
zer Garfield, June 17, 1779, and had Esther, b. May 23, 1780, 
and d. unm. Sept. 14, 1813; Isaac, Dec. 28, 1781, and d. at 
sea, July 8, 1805. 

PIERCE, JOSIAH m. Lucretia, D. of Charles Bigelow, 
March 3, 1730, and had Lucretia, b. Feb. 10, 1781. 

PIERCE, JOSEPH m. Eleanor, D. of William Crawford, 
Oct. 10, 1782, and had Martha, b. April 3, 1783. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 407 

PEASE,* Capt. LEVI, with his wife, Hannah, came hero 
from Soiners, Ct., with a family of aclult chil. about 1794. He 
purchased the farm and tavern stand, previously belon2;ing to Miij. 
John Farrar, and was for many years, as he had been before he 
removed here, actively engaged in running stages, establishing 
and extending stage routes, and making in)[)rovements in vehicles 
for the accommodation and comfort of the traveller. His wife, 
Hannah, was ad. to the chh. here, Irom that in Somers, in 1795 ; 
he was ad. in 18!G, and, havini^r out-lived all his children, d. Jan. 
28, 1824, aged 84, and his wid. Hannah, June 14, lS32,aged93. 
Chil. Hannah, who m. Thomas Henry Kemble of Boston, in 
1796 ; Levi ; Lemuel, who d. here unm. Sept. 3, 181G, aged 45; 
Lorey ; Mary, who m. Perry Chnpin of Worcester, in 1S07, 
and d. there, but was buried here the same day, and in the same 
grave with her brother Lemuel. 



* Some of the incirlents of his life, as related by hitn, are interesting, and, aa 
historical facts, some record of them should be preserved. 

He served his time to the blacksmith trade, and at the commencement of the 
revolutionary war, lived in Blanford, Mass. A report reached there and was pub- 
licly proclaimed in the meeting house on the Sabbath, during afternoon service, 
that the British troops had marched out of Boston, and were firing upon the inhab- 
itants and destroying their property. The meeting instantly broke up — the pcple 
gathered in a mass upon the common— a company had been previously enrolled, 
and chosen their officers — their Captain was present, and directed his men, of 
whom Pease was one, to go to their homes, equip themselves and return tliere im- 
mediately. Every man of the company returned accoutred for the fight, and 
answered to his name at roll-call ; and before night, the company was on its march 
towards Boston. When they reached Springfield, they learned the report was un- 
founded. A like report went to other towns, and produced similar results. It was 
thought by some to have been started with a view to test the spirit of the people, 
and ascertain how far they were awake to the dangers that surrounded them. Tliis 
was Pease's introduction to the public service, in which he continued to the end 
of the war. 

He was favorably known to Wadsworth of Hartford, who, as Commisary Gen- 
eral, employed Pease to purchase beeves and horses for the use of the army — he 
was for some time engaged in riding post, and, where he could not ride, travel- 
ling on foot and boating the lakes, as the bearer of despatches to and from Cen. 
Thomas, then on the Northern frontier; and was with him, when he died there of 
small pox. 

To avoid capture, and the loss of his papers by the tories, he traversed the lakes 
in a small boat and alone, rather than trust himself and them on the routes usually 
travelled by land, lying in some sequestered inlet by day, and paddling his way by 



408 FAMILY REGISTER. 

night, wide from the shore, and in moon light nights lying nearly flat on his back, to 
avoid being discovered, and using his hands, as paddles, in working his boat. He 
was eminently successful. 

VVadsworth many times gave him large packages of Continental money, where- 
with to make purchases, informing him of the amount, but which Pease never 
counted, or receipted for; such was VVadsworth's confidence in him, and it was 
not misplaced or abused. 

On the arrival of the French fleet and army at Newport, he was directed to pur- 
chase horses to drag their artillery to Yorktown, and was furnished by VVadsworth 
with as much Continental money as could be crowded into a large pair of panyard 
saddle bags. Pease had, on previous occasions, and at other times, paid out his 
saddle bags full of that paper, and much of it after it had greatly depreciated ; the 
horses must be had, and that, immedta/f/i/. Pease knew where he could procure 
them, but not with Continental money ; he told Wadsworth so, and that many peo- 
ple would not take it at all, but if he would let him have some hard money to go 
with it, perhaps he might work it off. Wadsworth furnished him with a small sum 
in hard money, and he started for the Northerly part of Worcester County, where 
was a farmer, who had several young and serviceable horses, and four fat oxen ; all 
of which were for sale. Pease proposed to buy his horses and pay him in paper 
money; he did not like that kind of money, nor would he sell his horses, unless 
Pease would buy his oxen; they should go together. It was to no purpose that 
Pease assured him, he had no authority to purchase cattle; he then offered to give 
him his price for the horses, and pay him one half in hard money; but no, the 
oxen should go with the horses. At length he told Pease, if he would take the 
oxen with the horses, he would take all his pay in paper money. Pease took them 
and paid him — both were needed at Newport, but for quite different purposes. The 
farmer saw Pease after the war was over, and told him, the next time he sold him 
horses, he would take hard money in part pay, and keep his oxen; at the same time 
showing Pease the Continental money he paid him, all of which he then had on 
hand, and was worthless. 

Pease foraged for the French army in its march to Yorktown. When they arriv- 
ed in Virginia, corn was in the milk, and he purchased fields of it by the acre, at 
the road side, for fodder, at the price of ten bushels of meachantable corn per acre. 
There was plenty of flour, but not bread enougli at hand. 

Some Frenchmen, by order of their officers, took hogs troughs by the way side, 
(he did not say whether they washed them) filled them with flour, and having wet 
it, stript oflT shoes and stockings, kneaded it with their bare feet, and soon found 
ways to bake it. 

After the war, he run a stage from Hartford to Boston, and back, the first that 
was run in New England. His means were few, and small; he applied to Ballard, 
then the only man in Boston, who kept a hack for public accommodation, to form 
company with him in running the stage. Ballard declined, saying, it was a vision- 
ary scheme ; that the time might come, when the public would support a stage from 
Hartford to Boston, and adding, but not in your day or mine. His friends tried to 
dissuade him from the undertaking, but failing, tiey next besought him not to run 
it, except when he had passengers, and this, because he had run it several trips 
without having so many as one to ride with him. To this he replied, passengers 
would come, when they found the stage could be relied upon. He persevered, 
drove his own stage, and the result in a short time proved, that he judged correct- 
ly. He procured the first charter for a turnpike road, that was granted in Massa- 
chusetts. The road through Palmer and Wilbraham to Springfield, before almost 



FAMILY REGISTER. 409 

impassable with wheels, was greatly improved ; he took a large portion of the stock, 
expended much time and money upon the road for many years, and at last, by a de- 
preciation of the stock, lost all he put into that concern. At length he succeeded 
in making a contract to carry the mail in his stage, but not until the Department 
had had ample evidence of his enterprize and punctuality. For a long period ho 
was the only contractor in New England, known to the Department for carrying 
the mail through its various thoroughfares by stage and on horseback; much of 
which he underlet to others, the responsibility of the whole resting upon him. 

Col. Sikes of Ct,, afterwards of Worcester, was his boyhood acquaintance and 
early friend. Their attachment for each other was strong and brotherly, death 
alone dissolved it. Sikes hail learned the blacksmith trade, and just set up (or him- 
self, when Pease, having failed in other applications, requested Sikes to join him in 
running a stage. He readily complied; their views were harmonious, and their 
opinions concurrent ; each kept a shop and shod his own horses, and, so far as 
blacksmithing was concerned, each could and did repair the stages at their separate 
stations. This change of business by the son, gave much uneasiness to the father 
of young Sikes ; and what he could, that he did to withdraw him from his new 
calling He was angry with Pease for having, as he said, enticed his son, who was 
some years the junior of Pease, from a good trade into a wild and ruinous scheme, 
that would make them both, in a short time, tenants of the jail. His fears were 
groundless ; they acquired a handsome property. 

Capt. l*ease had many dependents, and although he died poor, he left a good 
name, numerous friends, and ever will live in stage history, as the father of the 
stages. 



PEASE, LEVI, Jun. (s. of Capt. Levi) m. Mary Gill, 
and settled in Northboro', where he d. June 20, 1808, aged 40'. 
Cliil. Hannah; Mary, who m. Barns, and went to South- 
bridge ; Pamelia Ann, who m. Hollis Parker, Jun., in 1817; 
Susan, who m. in Souihbridge ; Thomas ; Levi ; Rebecca ; Jer- 
emiah, who m. Olive, D. of William Saiiih, and §. D. of Daniel 
Johnson, in 1830. 

PEASE, LOREY, perhaps Loring, (s. of Capt. Levi) m. 
Rebecca Bruce of INorthboro', March IS, l~ 5, and d. here, in 
1811, aged 37. Chil. (no births on lecord) Rebecca Bruce, who 
in. John Downs, April 17, 1825, and d. in 1833, aged 34 ; Han- 
nah, who m. Dennis O'Brien of Boston ; Mary; Sarah Eddy, 
who d. unm. July 26, 1811, aged 36; Eliza Scudder ; and 
Harriet, who m. George L. Brown, the artist. 

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410 FAMILY REGISTER. 

PHILLIPS, JOHN, whose wife was Hannah, bad Joanna, 
b. Aug, 24, 1755 J Martha, Aug. 20, 1757 j and Elizabeth, 
June 15, 1764. 

PHILLIPS, EZRA (from Grafton) m. Anna, D. of Silas 
Wheelock, Sept, 27, 1809. Chil. Anna, b. Jan. 10, 1810, and 
ra. Ira Shepard of Worcester ; Sarah Hemenway, March 3, 
1812, and m. in Ohio ; Mercy, Sept. 23, 1814, and m. James 
S. Flanagan ; Hannah, Jan. 25, 1817, and m. Obed Chickerina, ; 
Ezra, Dec. 22, 1818, and m. Maria Warren ; Silas, Feb. 28, 
1821 ; Tyler, Oct. 12, 1823; Henry, Aug. 30, 1827; Har- 
riet, Oct. 24, 1830. 

PLYMPTON, JONATHAN, whose wife was Cloe, came 
here from Medfield, purchased and seitled on the place, now of 
John B. Cummings. He lived in town but a few years, and re- 
moved to Holden or vicinity. Cliil. Jonathan, and perhaps 
others, who came here with tl)eir parents ; Simon, the only one 
on record here, b. Sept. 6, 1792. 

PLYMPTON, ELZAPHAN of Medfield, m. Sarah Hunt 
of Slierburne, and settled here on tlie place, where his son, Jon- 
athan, now lives, and d. Sept. 17, 1817, aged 53; and his wid. 
Sarah, Feb. 23, 1841, aged 76. Cliil. Sarah, who. m. Thomas 
Brewer, Jun. of Boylston, in 1812 ; Mary, who m. her cousin, 
Joseph Plympton, in IS07 ; Abio;aiI, b. July 15, 1793, and m. 
Russel Garfield, in 1814; 0/i('e,"March 22, 1796, and m. Eli- 
jah Bnll, Dec. 1, IS 18 ; Lyman, March 8, 1798 ; Nancy, July 
10, 1800, and m. Elijah Ball, his 2d wife, in 1824 ; Jonathan, 
April 28, 1803 ; Alexander Hamilton, July 28, 1804, and m. 
Harriet Foote of Sutton ; John Baxter, July 6, 1808. 

PLYMPTON, LYMAN (s. of the preceding) m. Elizabeth 
Gale of Boylston, in 1819, and d. June 25, 1825, aged 27. 
Chil. Leandcr and Lorenzo, b. April 20, 1820. His wid. Eliz- 
abeth, m. Elijah Ball, his 3d wife, in 1836. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 411 

PLYMPTON, JONATHAN (bro. of the preceding) m. 
Maria, D. of Joshua Cornish of Boston, Dec. 27, 1825. Chil. 
George Lyman, b. Nov. 1, 1827; and John Hamilton, Feb. 
27, 1829. 

PLYMPTON, JOHN [3. (bro. of the above) m. Hannah 
Ehnira, D. of Capt. Noah Allen, Sept. 4, 1832. Chil. Lucy 
Ann, b. May 8, 1834 ; Albert Horatio, Dec. 27, 1836 ; Noah 
Allen, Sept. 11, 1841. 

PLYMPTON, JOSEPH from Medfield, m. Mary, D. of 
Elzaphan Plympton, Aug. 9, 1807. Child, Elias Mann,b. 
Sept. 10, 1807. Removed to Boylston. 

PHELPS, Capt. AZOR, with a 2d wife, came here from 
Sutton, previous to 1820, and d. here, April 2, 1837, aged 
75. His D., Nancy, m. William Leggate of Worcester, Aug. 
31, 1828. 

PHELPS, Dr. AZOR R. (s. of the preceding) m. Ann 
Janette, D. of Jason Ware, in 1833, and d. Oct. 14, 1843, aged 
45. Chil. Virginia Isabella, b. May 15, 1835 ; Sarah Janette, 
July 8, 1836 ; Robert Archer, Feb. 19, 1838; Harriet Jemima^ 
Dec. 4, 1841 ; Martha Maria, July 13, 1843. The four last 
named d. in infancy. 

PRENTICE, TARTIUS and his wife from Grafton, lived 
here a few years on the place, now of Schuyler Harrington, and 
then removed to Northboro'. Chil. who came here with their 
parents, Elizabeth, who d, here, Jan. 19, 1824, aged 23 ; John; 
and Edwin. 

PRENTISS, (so written on the record) JOHN, s. of Tar- 
tius, m. Eliza Rice of Worcester, and had Levi Rice, b. Dec. 

8, 1833 ; John Frederick, Aug. 20, 1835 ; Mary Eliza, Jan. 

9, 1839, ; and George Russell, Dec. 29, 1842. 



413 FAMILY REGISTER. 

PRENTISS, EDWIN (bro. of the preceding) whose wife 
was Eunice VV., had John Edicin, b. Feb. 17, 1835. 

PACKARD, ASA Jun. (s. of Rev. Asa Packard* of Marl- 
boro', afterwards of Lancaster) ni. a D. of Jason Blake, about 
1820, lived in town two or three years, and removed to Marlboro' ; 
he had chil. b. here, but there is no record of them. 

RAND,t DANIEL m. Mary, D. of Maj. John Keyes in 
Marlboro', Jan. 18, 1720. They were then both called of 
Shrewsbury. He was one of the founders of this chh. to which 
his wife, Mary, was ad. in 1727. House lot, No. 11, was g,rant- 
ed to him in 1718, on which he was residing in 1729. His wife, 
Mary, d. March 5, 1757 ; her age (not recorded,) was 57, hav- 
ing been b. in 1700. Chil. Mary, b. Oct. 12, 1721, and d. in- 
fant ; Solomon, March 10, 1723, and bap. Dec. 15, of the same 
year, being the first baptism administered in this chh., after its or- 
ganization, and the ordination of Mr. Cushing, on the 4th of tiiat 
month. Probably he was so named, for Solomon, the oldest of 
his mother's three brothers, who perished in the burning of her 
father's house, in August of that year; Mary, Jan. 25, 1725; 
Thankful, Dec. 6, 1727; Sarah, bap. Aug. 23, 1730, and m. 
Timothy VVheelock, Oct. 22, 1747; Phehe, b. Jan. 1, 1733, 



*Thisname, in old records, is written Packer, Packerd, and Packard, but, by 
the family Packard. 

The Rev. Asa, according to Mitchell's His. of Bridgewater, was the fourth s. of 
Jacob Packard and Dorothy Perkins of Bridgewater, whf) were m. in 1742; Jacob 
was the s. of Solomon Packard, who m. Sarah Lothrop, in ITliJj Solomon was the 
E. of Zacheus Packard and Sarah Howard ; and Zacheus, the s. of Samuel, who 
came from England in the ship Diligent of Ipswich, John Martin, master, and set- 
tled in Hingham, in 1638 ; thence to Bridgewater, where he d. in 1684. 

t Ran. So written in former times in numerous records ; and likewise so writ- 
ten in the town and chh. records of Shrewsbury, for many years. FamilicB of this 
name were early settlers in JNew England. 

Thomas Ran m. Sarah Idends in Chariestown, in 1656, and had sons, Thomas, 
John, vvho d. in 1659, and Robert. Nathaniel Ran m. Mary Carter in Chariestown, 
in 166-1, and had Nathaniel, Edmund, and others, b. there. Alice Ran d. there, in 
1691 , aged 98. Henry Ran m. Mary Crane in Stow, Sept. 19, 1682, and had chil. b. 
there. Whether he was from Chariestown, or whether Daniel was Ai« s. is un- 
certain. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 413 

and m. Samuel Bigelow, Jun., in 1755 ; Rezina, bap. Aug. 10, 
1735, and m. Joel Whittemore, April 23, 1761 ; Daniel, b. iNov. 
10, 1738, and d. in 1742; Levinah, bap. Oct. II, 1741, and d. 
in 1742; Levinah, b. July 14, 1743, and ni John Keyes Wiili- 
erby, May 3, 1768. 

The second wife of Daniel Rand was Martha Bruce, whom he 
m. J\ov. 1, 1760, according to the record, probably erroneous ; 
1760 should be 1759, as their s. Daniel was b. July 12, 1760, 
and bap. July 20, 1760. There is no record here of the death 
of Daniel Rand, or of his wife, Martha. He is sup. to have re- 
moved, but when, unknown, and lived with the parents of his first 
wife, to aid and assist them in their declining years. He, and his 
second wife, Martha, were m. by Major Keyes, who had then 
passed his 85th year. The place once of Maj. Keyes, was, sub- 
sequently to his death, and that of his wife, known as the "Rand 
farm ;" Col. Joseph Henshaw purchased it of Rand, or his heirs, 
when, or soon after, he removed to this town. 

RAND, SOLOMON (s. of Daniel) m. Deborah, D. of Ja- 
bez Dodge, Sept. 15, 1741, and lived on the homestead. She 
was ad. to this chh. in 1742, and d. July 1810, aged 84 ; and 
he, in ISOl, aged 78; neither his nor her death is to be found 
on the town record. Chil. Daniel, b. Oct. 15, 1742 ; Anna, 
Oct. 2, 1744, and m. Col. Jonathan VVheeler of Grafton, father 
of the late Jonathan Wheeler, Esq., of that town, in 1765; 
Ezekiel, March 24, 1747, and sup. settled in Vt. ; Solomon, 
March 5, 1750, and m. Sarah Adams of Grafton, June 2, 1774, 
and probably settled there ; Wareham, Feb. 3, 1752 ; Jasper, 
July 2, 1754, and d. in 1756 ; Deborah, Dec. 9, 175G, and in. 
Daniel Baker, in 1774; Jasper, March 10, 1760; (all these 
children were older than their uncle, Daniel Rand, their father's 
brother;) Artcmas, July 5, 1763, and is said to have d. in the 
service of the U. S. 

RAND, DANIEL (s. of Daniel) whose wife was Abigail, 
had John, b. April 2, 1782, and Levinah, Feb. 13, 1784. He 
removed from town, perhaps to Worcester. 



414 FAMILY REGISTER. 

RAND, DANIEL (s. of Solomon) m. Susanna, D. of Dan- 
iel Henienway, in 1767, and removed to Ringe, N. H., of which 
town he was an early settler, ro^e to the rank of Col., and d. 
there, in 1811, aged 69, and his wid. Susanna, Oct. 4, 1817, 
aged 71. His mother, Deborah, was the sister, and not the D. 
ot the Rev. Ezekiel Dodge of Abington, Mass., as some have 
supposed. * 

RAND, JASPER (s. of Solomon) m. Rachel, D. of Joseph 
Knowhon, April 30, 1783, and lived on the homestead. They 
were ad, to this chh. in 1784. She d. March 7, 1802, aged 37. 
Chil. Anna, b. Feb. 14, 1784, and m. Squire Convers of Brid- 
port, Vt., Feb. 20, 1810; Hitty, (Mehitable) Jan. 28,1787, 
and m. Luke Knowlton, Sept. 23, 1804 ; Candace, Aug. 5, 
1788, and m. Jonathan Rice of Oxford, April 26, 1815 ; Eliz- 
abeth, Oct. 21, 1789, and m. Abisha Learned of Oxford, Feb. 
27, 1816 ; Mary, June 24, 1791, and d. infant ; Mary, Oct. 18, 
1794; Wareham Dodge, June 22, 1796, and m. Hannah, D. 
of Timothy Underwood of Northboro' ; she d. Aug. 22, 1836, 
aged 37 ; and in 1839, he removed to Galena, Illinois ; Jasper 
Raymoni, June 6, 1801, and settled in Westfield. 

The second wife of Jasper Rand, was Sarah, D. of Jonathan 
Adams, whom he m. May 15, 1803. She was ad. to this chh. 
in 1804. He survived her, (there is no record of her death) and 



* Daniel and Susanna Rand had nine or more chil. b. in Ringe. ylsa, their 
youngest s. is the only one of whom 1 have any information. He was b. in 1783 5 
grad. D. C, 1806 ; 13 years the settled minister of Gorham, Me., and in 1822 re- 
signed his charge on account of ill health. In 1812, he m. Grata, D. of Rev. .Seth 
Payson, D.D.,of Ringe ; shed, in 1818; and, in 1820, he m. Clarissa, D. of Nicholas 
Thorndike, Esq. of Beverly, and she dying in 1823, he m., in 1826, Mary, wid. 
of Eiisha Coolidge of Boston, and D. of the Rev. John Gushing, D. D. of Ashburn- 
ham, (who was the s. of the Rev. Job Gushing of this town,) and was receutlj 
preaching to the Presbyterian chh. in Peterboro', Madison Go., N. Y. 

Further particulars respecting Asa Rand, may be seen in page 184, No. 2, Vol. 1, 
of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Rev. William Cogswell, 
D.D., Editor; published by Samuel G. Drake, Boston; an interesting and valuable 
publication, issued in quarterly numbers, and receiving, as it should, a liberal, 
extensive and increasing patronage, and to which I am indebted for most of the 
facts contained in this note. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 415 

d. in April 1838, aged 78. Child, Artemas Tyler, b. March 2, 
1804, and d. unm., at Worcester, about 1836. 

RICE, LUKE (s. of Daniel* of Marlboro') b. in 1689, m. 
Rachel Stow of and in INlarlboro', Dec. 14, 1715. When he 
removed to this town is not known ; his chil. were all b. in Marl- 
boro', and most of them, probably of adult age when they and 
their parents came here, fie settled on the farm where his g. s., 
the late Col. Asa Rice, lived, and was one of the town assessors 
in 1742; he had probably been living here some years prior to 
that period. He d. July 4, 1754, his age (not on record) was 
about 65. His wid., Rachel, was living in 1760, and, for several 
years after j her death is not recorded. The births of their chil. 
as recorded in Marlboro', were, Azubah, b. in 1716 ; Hezekiah, 
Feb. 18, 1718; Dinah, in 1719, and m. Abraham Eager, in 
1739; Rachel, in 1723, and m. Deac. Jonas Stone, in 1747; 
Abigail, in 1725, and m. Deac. Benjamin Maynard, in 1746; 
Lydia, in 1728, and d. here June 10, 1740 ; Priscilla, in 1731, 
and m. Jotham Howe, in 1753; and Sarah, in 1734, and rn. 
Nathaniel Whittemore, in 1753. 

RICE, DANIEL (sup. bro. of Luke) m. Elizabeth Taylor 
in Marlboro', Feb. 12, 1712. Hischil. were all b. in Marlboro' ; 
Hannah, in 1714; TFilliam, in 1715; David, \n 1717; Stephen, 
in 1720; Bezahel, in 1723; Abner, in 1726; Jabcz,'m 1723, 



* Daniel Rice, whose wife was Bethiah, had Bethiah, b. in 1G82; Daniel, in 
lG8i; Luke,inlG89; Priscilla, in 1692; Eieazer, in 1G95; Deborah, in 1G97, and 
Hopestill, in 1702, ail in Marlboro', where his wife, Bethiah d. Dec. 8, 1721, aged 
63, and he, July 14, 1737, aged 82. 'J'he parents of Daniel were F.dward and Anne 
Rico. Edward was a Deac. of Marlboro' chh.. and removed there from Sudbury, 
where Daniel was b. Mov. 8, 1G55. His father, Ednard, was thes. of Richard Kice, 
who came from England and settled in Concord, in 1G35, and d. in 1709, " account- 
ed," say the records, " more than a 100 years old." He left 8 sons, each of whom, 
tradition says, lived to be over 90 years of age — four of them probably settled in 
Sudbury ; of whom Edward was one, and d. in Marlboro', Aug. 15, 1712, aged 93. 

The late Dr. Stearns of Sudbury, in a written memoranda left by him, save, 
" Kice is a name of Welsh origin, and was anciently written with the prefix, Ap, 
ApRice, as the late Deac. Rice of this town, informed me." In its transition from 
ApRice to Rice, it was often called Price, Hence that name. 



416 FAMILY REGISTER. 

and perhaps others. The town records contain no evidence, that 
lie removed to this town ; but, it may be supposed he did, inas- 
much as the chh. record contains the following : " Elizabeth Rice, 
wife of Daniel Rice, admitted to full chh. privilege, Nov. 28, 
1731." "Hannah Rice, being adult, was bap. at her own re- 
quest, April 16, 1732 ; she was the D. of Daniel Rice and Eliz- 
beth, his wife." His sons, William and David, were bap. here, 
in 1735. It is probable he returned to Marlboro', upon the death 
of his father, in 1737, and that his brother, Luke, took his place 
here, and that his wife, Elizabeth, survived him, and was the wid. 
Elizabeth Rice, who m. Capt. Gershom Wheelock, in 1764; 
she was then called of Marlboro', but m. here. Her D., Han- 
nah, before mentioned, m. Ephraim Smith, in 1733. 

RICE, HEZEKIAH (s. of Luke) m. Mary, D. of William 
Taylor, Jan. 9, 1740, and d. here, Sept. 13, 1759, aged 41 J ; 
his wid. Mary, ad. to this chh. in 1774, and d. April 25, 1796, 
aged 74. Chil. Lemuel, b. May 11, 1740; ^so, March 12, 
1742 ; LuJce, Oct. 23, 1744, settled in Worcester, and d. there ; 
Jonah, June 11, 1747, and d. infant ; Lijdia, July 9, 1752, and 
m. Jonas Stone, in 1772; Mary, April 30, 1755, and m. Ste- 
phen Earle, in 1780. 

RICE, LEMUEL (s. of Hezekiah) m. Abigail Lynde, (call- 
ed of this town) Sept. 15, 1763, and removed to Worcester; 
where he was, many years, deputy jailor. His wid., Abigail, m. 
Daniel Noyes, in 1816. 

RICE, Col. ASA (s. of Hezekiah) m. Miriam, D. of 
Ephraim Wheeler, July 25, 1763, lived on the homestead, and 
sustained many important trusts. His father d., not having com- 
pleted the settlement of his father's estate; the closing of that, 
and the settlement and distribution of that of his father, suddenly 
and early in life, devolved upon him ; which, with the care and 
support of his mother and g. mother, for a long period, in addi- 
tion to a growing, and soon numerous family of his own, required 
creat exertion and fortitude of mind. His wife, Miriam, d. Jan. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 4|y 

1, 1797, oged 55, nnd he, Aug. 4, IS23, aged 8U. Chll. Abi- 
gnil, h. March 6, 17G4, and m. Thaddeus Baldwin, in 1784 ; 
Htztkiali, Oct. 10, 1755. and d. July 10, I7S7 ; EHzahaf!, 
Aug. 26, 1767, and d. unm. Feb. 9, 18M ; Abntr^hma '^9, 
1769, removed to Canada, and d. there ; ^.vak, A|)ril 18, 177 I, 
and rn. Job Cashing, Jun., in 1790; Ash/jcl, April 14, 1773, 
and removed from town ; Asa, Jidy 21, 1775, and d. in 1777 ; 
Asa^ Oct. 1, 1777 ; Dolli/, Sept. 17, 1779, and m, i\Io>es Ha- 
ven, in 1801, and Daniel JNewtnn, in 18-25; Martha, Xc^z,. 56, 
1781, and m. Simeon Dwight of Gelcliertown, March 3, 1802 ; 
Mary, Feb. i23, 17S4, and m. Col. Jones of Templeton. 

RICE, ASA, Jun. (s. of Col. Asa) m. Mary, D. of Stephen 
Flagir of Boylston, in 1307. lie removed to Oxford wiili hia 
family about 1829, and d. there in June, 1345, ao;ed 63. Cliil. 
whose births are on record here ; Martha Dwight, b. Sept. 3, 
1807; Joseph Flint, Dec. 5, 1808; James Tifdeii, July 2.1^ 
1810; Mary Lorain, Jan. 26, 1312; Ab)ur, Nov. 2, 1813; 
George Handell, Aug. 25, 1815 ; Asa Wheeler, Feb. 17, IS 17; 
Francis Haydn, Jan. 22, 1818; Stephen Flagg, Sent. 1 4, 1 820 ; 
and Loammi Baldwin, Maich 8, 182.'34 

, RICE, ELEAZER was liv^n": on house lot, I\o. 21, in 
1829, and No. 31, in 1730. It does not appear of record, that 
he had any chil., nor is the name of his wife on record 'lere, 
He was one of the highway surveyors in 1760, and lived in the 
South part of the town. " Eleazer Hire's saw mill meadow was 
about being divided," in 1760. Nothing further is known of 
him ; perhaps he lived on the place of the laic Elijah iiice. 

RICE, SAMUEL, whose wife was Mary, bad Lucret/a,h. 
here, Oct. 7, 1754 ; and Luther, March 5, 1757. 

RICE, LUTHER (s. sup. of Sam -1) m. Elizabeth, D. of 
Josiah Rennet, in 17S0; and had Dorcas, b. here, Jan. 16, 
1781, and removed from town. 
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418 



FAMILY REGISTER. 



RICE, ELIJAH (s. of Charles,^* whose wife was Rachel 
Wheeler) b. iii VVessboro', in 1719, rn. Hiildah, D. of Ebenezer 
Keyes, about 1748, and had Elijah, b. Sept. 11, 1749; Lois, 
Sept. 19, 1751, and ni. Edward Goodenow of Westminster, Jan. 
17, 1770; Joseph and IVyphena, who d. infants; Ebenezer, 
March 12, I75G, and m. Sarah, D. of Benjamin Taintor, and 
sealed in Hubbardston ; Zentiah, Aug G, 1760, and m. Si- 
mon Stickney of Holden, next Thaddeus Colburn, and removed 
to Athens, Vt. 

He removed from the N. P. to Holden, with his family, where 
he iiad Lctlis, (perhaps Letiiia) vviio m. Thomas Davis of Hol- 
den ; and Huldah, who m. Asa Raymond, and settled in Shiites- 
bury. His wife, Huldah, d. in Holden, March, 1799, aged 67 ; 
and he, in IS 15, aged 9G. 

RICE, ELIJAH, b. 1749 (s. of Elijah) m. Relief Wil- 
liams of Lancaster, Jan. 27, 1772, and reinoved to Holden. 
They returned here with several of their children, in Jan. 1799, 
and were boih ad. to this chh., from that in Holden, in 1801. 
He d. Jan. 3, 1827, in his 78ih year; his wid. Relief, d. in 
Newton, in 1834, aged 84. Chil. (all b. in Holden) Joseph, 
who m. Mary Eldndge of Ct., and d. there, leaving a family ; 
Tri/phena, wlio m. Rufus Holman of Sterling ; Nahum, who m. 
Nancy Young of Duxbury, and d. in N. Y., July 25, 1832; 



*■ Charles Rice was a bro. of Adonijah, b. ]6"94, nnd of Asliur, b. 1C96, who were 
tnkeii by the Indians, who suddenly rushed from the woods upon a party of tlie in- 
hal)itants of what is now Westboro', while haying in the meadows, Aug. 8, 1704, 
and carried into captivity in Canada. They were sons of Thomas (and Anna) 
Rice, who was the son of Thomas (and Mary) Rice, who was the son ol Richard 
of Coticord. At the same time, ihey l<ille:l Nahor, b. 1699, son of Kilmund, (whoso 
wile WIS Ruth I'arker of Roxhury,) and carried into captivity Silas, b. 1G95, and 
Timothy, b. 1C97, brothers of Nahor. Ashur, after some years, was redeemed by 
his fither, m. in Westboro', settled in Spencer, and d. there, in 1773, aged 78. His 
brother, Adonijah, and his captive cousins, (iheir fathers were brothers) remained 
in Canada, m. Indian wives, and lived and d. Indians. 

Timothy visited his relations in Westboro', thirty-six years after his captivity, 
and pointed out the place where he was taken, and related many of the circum- 
Stisnccs, that occurred at that time, but could not be persuaded to remain there. 
He vas afterwards a Chief of the Cognav/aga tribe. 



FAMILY REGISTER. , 419 

Lnci^, who m. Stephen Woods of Boston, Feb. 19, 1S05; David, 
who m. Elannah Bangs of Boston, and resided there, but d. in 
Bahimore, 1S30; Martin, who m. Lucy Wheeler of Hulden, 
and remov'ed from Leicester to Canada ; AzuImH, who ni. Rufus 
Pratt of Newton, in 1818, and, in 1S45, removed to Fiichburg ; 
Elij&k ; Alexander, who m. Sarali, D. of Abijah Druvy, in 
1811, and, she dying; April 2, 1814, a^ed 21, he next m. Lotlee 
Morse of Sutton ; Olive, who m. Billings Briggs of Boston 5 
Abner, who m. Lucy Wheeler of Kingston, and removed to 
ThomastoR, I\le. ; Lois, residing in Boston, unm., IS47. 

RICE, ELIJAH (s. of Elijah and Relief) ni. INInrthn, D. 
of Luther Goddard, Nov. 26, 1S07. Cl.il. Luther GoJdard, 
h. Sept. !8, 1808; Charles Williams, March 21, 1810; Par- 
ky, April 5, 1812 ; Emerson Keycs, April 29, 1813 ; Elizabeth 
Goddard, May 12, 1815. He removed to Worcester, and had 
a 2d wife. 

RICE, JOHN b. Sept, 22, 1736 (s. of Jacob, b. 1707, and 
(Hannah) who was s. of J.icob (and M.iry) of Marlboro', who 
was s. of Deac. Edward, s. of Richard of Concord) m. Re- 
becca, D, of Timothy Fay of W^esiboro', in 1763, and removed 
to this town, about 1767 from INortliboro' ; they were ad. from 
the chh. there, to this, in 1771. He d. here, Julv 17, ISOO, 
aged 64 ; and his wid., Rebecca, April 19, 1811, aged 65.» Ch.l. 
Hannah, b. in Westboru', June 26, 1765, and m. Ithamar Par- 
ker, in 1790; Timothy, here, March 0, 1768, and d. April 4, 
1780; John, Oct. 9, 1771 ; Lylia, Jan. 21, 1776, and m. Eb- 
enezer Paine, then called of Sterling, in 1801 ; Jacob, April 
21, 1784. 

RICE, Capt. JOHN (s. of John) m. Elizabeth, D. of Ger- 
shom Wheelock, Nov. 16, 1790. Chil. Luke Knoivlton, b. 
March 4, 1701, and m. Thankfid, D. of Nailnn Pratt, Jan. 6, 
181 1 ; Lucy, Nov. 21, 1797, and m., so snifl, Dr. Wanen of 
Wardsboro', Vt. ; Mtrt'in, who m. Calvin Newton, in ISI2; 
Jo 'in and Henry, June 26, 1301, both said to have settled in 



490 . FAMILY REGISTER. 

Warr'sboro*, nnd bar] fdrnilies tbere ; Ellzn, bap, Jan. 6, 1803 ', 
and G::rshom, perbap.s after his parents removed to Vt., who d. 
at tlie Soiub, in 1S40, 

RICE, Col. JACOB (?. of John) m. Nancy Barber, June 
5, 1805, and lived on the homestead. Chil. Charles, b, July 2, 
130 5; Lysnndcr Barber, April 11, 1 803 ; Jacob, Aug. 27, 
130.9, and d. of a wound in the head. May 7, 1818 ; Rebecca 
laij, Juno 9, 1811, and m. C;ileb Maynard of Northboro', about 
1830; Syp'iia, Oct. 12, 1816, and m. James Hall, in 1S40; 
JSancij M.iria, April 27, 1823, and m. Lewis of R. I. 

Col. Jacob Rice removed to Sudbury about 1 828, and d. there, 
Feb, 25, 1833, aged 49, but buried here ; his vvid. Nancy, d. at 
Northboro', Feb. IG, 1841, aged 57^. 

RICE, CHARLES (s. of Col. Jacob) settled in Boston, 
ai)d 1% iMardia, D. of Benjamin Potter of Bodoinham, Me., 
May 22, 1812. Chil. Charles Carroll, b. June 25, 1844; and 
Anelia Ccinmtiae, Feb. 3, 1846. ^ 

RICE, JOHN, whose wife was Esther, lived in New Brain- 
tre.?, " u'liense, (sny the records of this town) their chil. came 
to Slirewsbiiry to be brought up, viz : Mehitable, h. Feb. 20, 
1606; and ILnrij, Nov. 15, 1811." 

RANDALL, JOSHUA m. Martha Wright of Rudand, April 
17, 1T07. Child, Greenfield, bap. April 24, 1763. 

RANDALL, J03IAH, called of Newfane, m. Thankful, D. 
of E.oluMiin Holland, in 1774. Chil. liuth, b. Sept. IG, 1775; 
Banjaifiia, Feb. 3, 1778. 

RICHARDSON, JONAS whose wife was Mary, had Azu^ 
b.ih, b. S^ept. 5, 1772 ; AbeL Feb. 26, 1774 ; Mari/, July 27, 
17 75 : E'iznbeth, Jidy 12, 1777 ; Persis, Oct. 31, 1778 ; and 
Catharine, Feb. 11, 17S0. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 421 

RICHARDSON, THOMAS m. Relief, D. of Joseph Bige- 
low, Jun., in 1776, and liad Liicij, b. Sept. 2, 1779. 

RICHARDSON, PETER, m. Mary Rice of Worcester, in 
177], and resided on the Grafion road, where ilie hite Lewis 
Siuith lived. They were ad. to this ch. in 1772, and had Na- 
than^ b. here, Sept. 5, 177:2, who d. infant ; Arethusa, Aui;. 5, 
1773; Mary, March 31, 1775 ; and Nathan, March 21, 1777. 
The parents were dis. to the chh. in Grafton, in 1778. 

Samnel Richardson m. wid. Sarah Holland, Feb. 6, 1774. 
Ebenezer Richardson m. Sarah Richardson, March 21, 1776. 
Sarah Richardson rn. Nahurn Goddard of Petersham, in 1801. 
Mary Richardson m. Arunah Allen, in 1788. 

RICHARDSON, JOHN and his wife, Abigail, (sister of 
Samuel Haven, Esq.) came here from Grafton, about I793- He 
d. here, July 21, 1842, aged 7G. Cliil. John, b. at Grafton, 
March 12, 1791, went to Ohio, and d. there, unm. about 18-2() ; 
Appleton, here, Mnvch 2, 1794, and d. unm. Aug,. 15, 1818; 
Harriet, Oct. 7, 179G, and m. Aaron Howe, in 1816; Amelia, 
April 15, 1799, and m. Ebenezer H. Bowen of Worcester, his 
2d wife, Dec. 15, 1829; A^leline, March 10, 1802, and m. 
Rufus Stow of Grafton ; fVilliam Haven, Oct. 6, 1805, and d. 
Jan. 19, 1844; Jane, Oct. 20, 1808 ; and Henri/. 

RIDER, GIDEON (of Framinjham) m. Anna Rider of 
Hopkinton, in 1782 ; when lie removed to this town is unknown. 
His wife, Anna, d. April 2, 1813, aged 49. Chil. perhajis not 
in this order, (no record of their births here) Anna, who m. 
Jonah Whitney of Wesiboro', in 1797; John; Hannah, who 
m. Prescott Brigham, in 1814; Susan, who m. Dennis Sawyer, 
in 1820; Asa, who m. Hepzibah W. Daniels, D. ol his father's 
2d wife, July 16, 1326 ; and perhaps others. 

His 2d wife was Abigail Daniels, a wid. of Hopkinton, whom 
he m. May 25, 1817, and d. Oct. 9, 1825, aged 74. 



422 FAMILY REGISTER. 

RIDER, SAMUEL (probably a bro. of Gideon) whose wife 
was Margaret, bad Mary^ bap. here, June 2, 1782 ; Gideoti, 
bap. July 2), 17S4 ; Achsa, bap. July 23, 1786 ; John, bap. 
June 10, 1792. 

RIDER, JOHN (s, of Gideon) m. Mercy, D. of David 
Bi-ighain, April 20, 180(5. She was ad. to liiis ebb. in 1S17. 
Chil. Jinria^ b. July 4, 1806; Martha Brigham, June 5, I8GS; 
Mary Ann, Sept. 27, ISIO ; John, Feb. 2S, 1813 ; Oils, Aug. 
12, 1815. Tlie parents removed from town before or about 
1820. Two of the above named daughters of John Rider m. 
Rev. Charles Hudson of Westminster, and now a Representa- 
tive in Congress from this State. 

RAWSON,* ELIJAH was living on the place, now of Capt. 
Silas Allen, about 1794 ; when be came to town, and where 
from, is unknown. His chil. were then of adult age, and he re- 
moved from here soon after. David, Elijah, Elisha, James, 
Samuel, and Elward, are said to have been sons of Elijah Raw- 
son ; and perhaps, Anna Rawsnn, who m. Dennis Smith, the 
school master; Mary Rawson, who m. Thomas Stone, in 1781 ; 
and Nancy Rawson, who m. Amasa Freeman of Lancaster, in 
1786, were his daughters. 

Samuel Rawson m. Lois Thurston, a wid., May 10, 17S1. 

Elijah Rawson, Juu., m. Elizabeth Brinley of Ward, in 1785. 

RAWSON, ABNER (from Grafton) m. Martha, D. of 
Daniel Johnson, April 3, 1820, and had JJanid Johnson, b. 
here, Nov. 5, 1820. 



* He was probably a descendant of Edward Rawson, who came frotn England, 
and settled in Newbury, in 1637, and was Secret irv of this Colony from 1660 to 
1630. His 8'His settled in Koxbury and Dorchester. Grindall, s. of Edward, and g. 
8. of the Secretary, wis ord. minister of Mendon, in 1630, and d. in 1715, leaving 
sons— one of whom may have been the more immediate ancestor of ICIijah, above- 
mentioned, the name of whose wife is unknown} nor is there any record here oi a 
bUth, baptism, or death, iu his family. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 423 

"Cliarles Robards (Roberts) of Sutton, and Martha Grout, 
resident in Shrewsbury, were m. JNov. 27, 1744 ; an I the said 
Charles called witness before marriage, ihal he took the said 
Martha wiilx)u$ any estate belonging to her husband, deceased, or 
expectation of any." — Marriage record, by Rev. Mr. Cushing. 

STONE,* \A. [SAAC (of Prominghum) m. Elizabeth Brown 
of Sudbtfry, Jidy 24, \7-22, and was here in 1727. He was a 
member of the fust board of Selectu>en chosen in this town, and 
was ad. to this cbh. in 1728 ; and his wife to the chh. 'n Fra- 
minahim, in 1726, and to this, m 1771, without a certificate 
from the chh. there ; thai was in consequence of her hnshand 
saying she was admitted thene in 1726^ and the Rev. Mr. Bridge 
saying in a letter from there, that there were no records belong- 
ing to the Framinghani chh. so ancient as 1726 ; and she, hav- 
ing lived with us upwards of 40 years, whose life has been blame- 
less, was ad. a tnember of this chh. in full communion. — Chh. 
records. 

He is sup. to have lived on the place, now of fclphrain> A. 
Hapgood. He d. April 2-2, 1776, aged 78, 8 mos., and his wrd., 
Elizabetii, in 1794, aged 96. Chil. as on record here, Eunice^ 



* He was a descerxlnnt of Gregory StMie, who, with Fii's 2d wiTe, wid. Lydfa 
Cooper, came from Ertgland, and soltled in CainbtiHge previoiK to 1634 ; one of 
the Htst Deacons there, and d. in 1G72, aged CO. His sobs were, John, Daniel, Da- 
vid, and Samuel. 

Joh», vrhose wife was Anna, settled in Sadburj, Deac. Jhere, and had Hannah b. 
there, in 1040} Daniel, in IGU, and Nathaniel, in 16f.O. 

Daniel, (of Gregory), whose wife was Mary, had Mary, b. in 164t; Sarah, in '45; 
Daninl, in '4G ; Klizabeih, in '43 > and Abigail, in 'oS.; all in Cambridge. 

David, (of Greg^ory) whose wife was Dorcas, had sons, David, Daniel, John, Sam- 
uel, and Nathaniel, born in C: m'lridge. 

Samuel (of Gregojy) m. S irali Sternes, in 165a. and hadson.*, Samuel, b. in 165C ; 
Isaac and John, b. in Cambridge ; the litter, bap. there, in 1C63. 

Daniel, (of John of Sudliury) m. Mary Watd in Sudbury, 1667, and had Daniel 
in 1668; five daughters, and John, in 1634, all in Sudl:nry. 

Mathaniel (of John of Sudbury ) m. Sarah Wayt in Maiden, in 1684, and had 
Ebenezer, b. in Sudbury, in 1688. 

Samuel, (probably of Samuel and Sarah) settled in Marlboro', his wife was 
Elizabeth, and had Thankful, b. there, in J687 ; and perhaps others, among whom 
might have been haae, who settled in Shrewsbury ; he was b. about 1698, but hia 
immediate ancestor it unknown. 



424 FAMILY REGISTER. 

b. Nov. 21, 1722, and m. Charles Boiiker, in 174S ; (Isactc, 1 
do not find any record of his bird);) Jonas, Aug. \:i, ll-25f; 
Jasper, April 30, 17'-28; J\aihaiiiel, ApiW 11, 1732; Abigail, 
Dec. 9, 1735. 

STONE, ISAAC, Jan. (s. sup. of Isaac) was m. to Rachel 
Fiske, in the N. P., by the Rev. Mr. Morse, May 3, 1765, 
Chil. recorded here, Esther, b. May 30, 176G, and in. — -= — — 
Wickiner; (|)3rha|>s this oit!iogra)>hy is not rij^ht) she was living, 
it is said, in 1846, in Boyision. Their D., Laura, m. Jonathan 
Straiton ; Elizabeth, Oct. 21, 1767, and was recently living in 
Boylsion, unni. ; (hanc,) Jacob, Aul;. 4, 1770; Annis, March 
4, 1772, m. Robinson, and d. soon after. 

He removed to Lancaslei', and d. there, or in Boylston, in 
1816, aged 93. 

STONE, ISAAC (s. of the preceding) m. Al)igail Moor of 
Berlin, and next, her sister, Saraii Moor, and d. in Northboro', in 
1S19, agefl 58, leaving Silas and Abigail. Silas m. Sarah W. 
Snnth of Newton, D. of Enoch, in 1841 ; Abigail in. Abel Faw-^ 
cett, s. of Jonathan, and g. s. of Deac. Jonathan Favvceit c^ 
Boylston. The father of Abel m. Tamar Davenport. 

STONE, JACOB (bro. of the preceding) m. Martha Barns 
of Boylston ; and next, her sister, Anna. Their chil. were, Jo- 
seph, James, Martha, Jacob, Anna, Achsa, Oliver, Elizabeth^ 
E'iztbeth, Tamar, and Maria. His 3d wife was Isabella, D. of 
Asa Oennet. 

What is contained under the tliree foregoing lainiry heads, ex- 
cept the marriage of Isaac Stone, Jun., the names of his chil., 
and when b., and the tinio of his death, and his age, all of which 
are matters of record, is from information obtained of Mr. Silas 
Stone above mentioned, one of the descendants of Isaac Stone, Jr- 

STONE, Deac. JONAS (s. of Lt. Isaac) m. Rachel, D. of 
Luke Rice, Feb. 25, 1747. They were both ad. to this chh, 
in 1742. He was an ardent friend of his country in her revolu- 



FAMILY REGISTER. 425 

tionary struggle ; represented the town in General Court, when 
held at Watertown, May 19, 1775, and rendered long and im- 
portant services in town and parisli affairs. His wife, Rachel, d. 
April 19, 1787, aged 61. Chil. Isaac, b. March 0, 1748; 
Lydin, March 11, 1750, and d. Jan. 1, 1760; llachel, Oct. 24, 
1754, and m. Ward Nye of Douglass, in 1734 ; Lydia, March 
12, 1761, and m. Asa Parker, in 1783. 

Deac. Stone m. Anna, D. of Amos Parker, Feb. 28, 1788, 
and d. March 22, 1809, aged 83 and 7 mos. His wid. Anna, 
rn. Deac. Ebenezer Reed ol Worcester, Jan. 18, 1810. 

STONE, Rev. ISAAC (s. of Jonas) grad. H. U. 1770 ; 
ord. minister of Douglass, Oct. 31, 1771 ; m. Susanna, D. of 
Benjamin Goddard, Oct. 27, 1773 ; dis. from his pastoral charge 
Oct. 28, 1805, and d. in 1337, aged 89. 

STONE, JASPER (s. of Lt. Isaac) m. Grace, D. of Ben- 
jamin Goddard, April 17, 1755. They were ad. to this chh. in 
1761; he d. in 1802, aged 75; and his wid. Grace, Oct. 31, 
1815, aged 80, Ciiil. Benjamin, b. Aug. 1 1, 1756 ; Asa, Jan, 
23, 1758, and d. while in the continental service, at Fishkill Hos- 
pital, Dec. 20, 1777; Josiah, Sept. 10, 1759 ; Nathan, May 
6, 1761 ; Zmas, May 24, 17G3 ; Elizabeth, Dec. 22, 1765, 
and m. Caleb Haskell of Hampton Falls, N. H., Sept. 26, 1793; 
Sarah, Oct. 16, 1767, and m. Lemuel Ide, Nov. 24, 1793; 
Grace, March 18, 1770, and m. Philip Crosby, in 1804 ; Su- 
sanna, June 2, 1772, and d. unm. Nov. 28, 1840 ; Eunice, 
April 3, 1774, and m. Jonathan Nelson, in 1798; Isaac, Oct. 
10, 1777; Hannah, Feb. 10, 1782. 

STONE, NATHANIEL (s. of Lt. Isaac) m. Thankful, D. 
of Jonathan Morse, Dec. 17, 1760. Child, Abijah, b. Oct. 26, 
1761. The father is sup, to have removed from town. He 
next m. Rhoda, wid. of Rev, William Goddard of Westmore- 
land, N. H., Feb. II, 1793. They removed to Pittsfield, Vt., 
where she d. Dec. 7, 1820, aged 80. 
54 



420 FAMILY REGISTER. 

STONE, BENJAMIN (s. of Jasper) grad. H. U. 1776, 
first Preceptor of Leicester Academy, and subsequently Preceptor 
in Westford Academy, ad. to this clih. in 1779, and m. Deborah 
Fairbank, a wid. of Northboro', Dec. 3, 1799. He d. here, 
May 4, 1S32, aged 76. Chil. (no births on record here) Marij 
E., who m. Samuel B. Manning of Worcester, April 11, 1822 ; 
and a son, non compos, who d. young. 

STONE, JOSIAH (s. of Jasper) m. Bridget, D. of Col. 
Job Gushing, Nov. 13, 179J,and lived on house lot No. 22, 
that belonged to her grandfadier; where he d. June 1, 1820, 
aged 61 ; his wid. Bridget, still survives. Chil. Mary Prentice, 
b. Sept. 1, 1794, and d. unm. Aug. 18, 1839; Grace Fiske, 
Oct. 23, 1796, and d. Feb. 28, 1817; Job Cashing, Jan. 18, 
1800; Josiah Goddard, April 15, 1808, and m. Hannah Har- 
rington, D. of Philo Slocomb, 

STONE, ZENAS (s. of Jasper) m. Mary, D. of Dr. Ed- 
ward Flint, May 26, 1790. They were ad. to this chh. in 1808, 
and had Elizabeth, b. Jan. 26, 1791, and sup. m. Josiah Nor- 
cross ; Zenas Flint and Sarah Flint, who were bap. here, in 
1808. The parents removed from town. 

STONE, ISAAC (s. of Jasper) m. Sarah Johnson of South- 
boro', July 20, 1816 ; they were ad. to this chh. in 1823. Chil. 
Laac, b. Jan. 25, 1817, and was drovv'ned in Jordan Pond, Sept. 
18, 1S46, leaving a young family, aged 29, 8 mos. ; Nathan, 
May, 17, 1819, and has a family. These brothers m. sisters. 

STONE, JONATHAN (s. of Jonathan, * Jun. of Water- 
town) and his wife Martha, were from Watertown, and ad. from 
the chh. there, to this, in 1769 ; when they removed to this town, 
is not known. He d. here, Oct. 3, 1805, in his 81st year, and 



* He m. Hannah Jennison of Watertown, Feb. 20, 1725, and was the s. of Jona- 
than, who was b. Dec. 26, 1G77, who was the s. of Simon and Mary ; Simon was a 
Deac. in Watertown, and appeared there as early as 1636 ; was living, and Rep., in 
1673 and 9. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 427 

lits wld. Martha, Oct. 25, 1S07, aged 7G, 7 mos. Cliil. as on 
record here, Jonathan, b. July 5, 1748; Martha, Aug. 11, 
1750, and ra. Thomas Adams of Cambridge, IMay 28, 1780; 
■Seth, Dec, 26, 1752, and settled in Bridport, Vt. ; Johi, March 
7, 1755, and settled in Charlestown, and d. there ; Thomas, 
March 27, 1757 5 Lydia, May 2, 1759, and d. here, unm. Oct. 
U, 1821 ; Hannah, April 2, 1761, and m. William Adams af 
Cambridge, June 26, 1781 ; Cherry, Nov. 19, 1764, and said 
to have m. in Cambridge ; Daniel, Jan. 27, 1766 ; Jonat, Oct. 
25, 1767 ; Dorcas, May 20, 1770, and m. Joseph Smith of Bol- 
ton, Nov. 11, 1785; Lucy, Oct. 11, 1772, and ni. Natlianiel 
Green, in 1792. 

STONE, JONATHAN, Jnn. (s. of Jonathan,) m. Han^na'h 
Gates of Worcester, June 7, 1769. Chil. Sibbill, bap. March 
25, 1770 ; Samuel, bap. June 4, 1775, and m. [vezia Fostei* of 
Tevvksbury, in 179S. 

Jonathan, Jun., the father, vi^ent into the Continental service 
and was killed, during the retreat out of New York, in l776o 

STONE, THOMAS (s. of Jonathan) m.Mary,D. of Elijah 
Rawson, June 21, 1781. Chil. Mary, b. March 9, 1782 ; Joti- 
etkatL, Jan. 21, 1785. Removed to DeerQeld, or vicinity. 

STONE, DANIEL (s. of Jonathan) m. Anna Gibson of 
Hopkinton, June 9, 1790, and d. here, Sept. 27, 1829, aged 63, 
8 mos. Chil. Daniel, b. May 15, 1791, and d. March 8, 1792.; 
Darnel, April 5, 1793, and d. May 24, 1796; Jonathan, June 
17, 1795; Anna Bruce, April 30, 1797, and m. Jonathan H. 
Drake, in 1824; John, May 27, 1799; ElizabGth, May 3, 
1801 ; Jonas, March 10, 1803 ; Lydia, Dec. 23, 1804 ; Thom- 
as, April 17, 1807 ; Independence, April 6, 1809; George Zeig- 
ler. May 20, 1811 ; Liberty, May 15, 1813; Hannah Adams, 
March 14, 1816. 

STONE, JONATHAN (s. of Daniel) m. Abigail Foster, 
Dec. 3, 1818. Child, 31ary Elizabcih Forbush, b. Oct. 9, 
1819, Removed to Westboro'. 



428 FAMILY REGISTER. 

STONE, JOHN (s. of Daniel) rn. Lucinda, sister of Jona- 
than H. Drake, March 19, 1823; she d. May 17, 1830, aged 
27. Chil. Lucy Ann, b. July 12, 1823; and John, May S, 
1826. His 2d wife was Charity Hastings, a wid,, from Boyls- 
ton, whom he m. in Dec. 1830. 

STONE, JONAS, (bro. of Daniel) m. Sarah Toothaker of 
Tewksbnry, in 1792; they were ad. to this chh. in 1793. Chil. 
Jonns Adams, b. Dec. 30, 1792; Timothy Allen, Aug. 18, 
1794; DjJiiel, March 30, 1797 ; Sarah, Dec. 15, 1799, and 
m, Jason Bullard, in 1823. The father's death is not on record 
here J his wid., Sarah, m. Josiah Knia,ht, in 1S05. 

STONE, JONAS A, (s. of the preceding) m. Susan Fay of 
Westboro', April 11, 1821, and had Jonas A.,h. Aug. 27, 1821. 

STONE, ZEDEKIAH, whose wife was Martha, had l>amW, 
b. Aug. 26, 1736, and bap. here, Sept. 19, next following, " by 
virtue of his being admitted to that privilege in Framingham." — 
Church Records. 

A wid. Sarah Stone m. Ebenezer Kent of Leicester, Sept. 
19, 1772. 

STONE, JOSEPH (s. of Joseph* of Brookfield) m. Lydia, 
D. of Hezekiah Rice, Nov. 18, 1772;, they were ad. to this 
chh. in 1774. She d. May 10, 17S6, aged 34. Chil. Sarah, 
b. Jan. 7, 1774, and m. Lewis Keyes, in 1793 ; Liike, April 
25, 1776; Lewis, June 16, 1778, went to Fairhaven, Vt., m. 



* He wds b. in Lexington ; m. Sarah Potter of and in Marlboro', Feb. 9, 1744, 
and settled in Brookfield ; probably she was a D. of John i-'otter, afterwards of this 

town. See John I'utter. Their chil. were, Elizabeth, who m. Wyman of 

Wells, Vt. ; Silas, who m. Mary Welsh of Boston, and settled in Brookfield ; Arte- 
mas, who m. Theodosia Parsons of Goshen; Sarah, who m. John Hamilton of 
Brookfield, and settled in Chainplain, Clin. Co. N. Y.j Joseph; Olive, who m. 

-. Bigelow of Tinmouth, Vt. ; Jonas ; and Silvanus, who m. — — • Lynda of 

'Goshen, and settled in Williarastown. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 429 

there, and removed to Ohio ; Eunice, Jan. 19, 1780, and m. 
Philip Hemeiiway, in 1802 ; Belief, July 25, 1781, and m. Seth 
White of Goshen, June 4, 1800 ; Lucy, Jan. 31, 1783, and m, 
Silas Burgess of Goshen, Dec. 21, 1803 ; Joseph, who was b., 
and d. infant at the time of the mother's death. 

His 2d wife was Mary Field, a wid. of Western, now Warren, 
whom he m. in 1788. She was ad. from the chh. there, to this, 
in 1789, and d. here, l\Iay 3, 1838, aged 80 ; and he, Nov. 19, 
1825, aged 75. Chil. Joseph, b. Nov. 12, 1789 ; Phebe, July 
14, 1792, and m. Oliver Maynard, in 1815, and next, John 
Baird ; Calvin Reed, Feb. 3, 1793 ; Clarissa, July 24, 1794, 
and m. Samuel Maynard, in 1312 ; Artemas, Nov. 8, 179G, and 
d. March 14, 1797 ; Artemas, Jan. 26, 1798. 

Hers. Ebenezer Field, d. here, Jan. 2, 1831, aged 50, and 
her D., Mary Field, July 3, 1841, a<^ed 63 ; both unm. 

STONE, LUKE (s. of Joseph) m. the wid. of Josiah Fair- 
bank of Enfield, and settled in Rochester, Vt. She d, in 1842. 
Chil. Louisa, Fraticis, Nancy, Caroline, John and Joseph, 
twin brothers. 

STONE, Hon. JOSEPH (bro. of the preceding) m. xMar- 
tha, D. of Benjamin Maynard, in 1816, and settled in Hardwick, 
physician. Rep. and Sen. Chil. Harriet, b. Jan. 22, 1817, and 
m. John Paige, Oct. 23, 1845 ; 31ary Field, Sept. 24, 1819, 
and d. Sept. 29, 1838; Joseph, Sept. 29, 1821, and d. in 1822; 
Martha, June 25, 1823 ; Lucrciia, March 15, 1825 ; Louisa, 
April 16, 1827. 

STONE, CALVIN R.* (bro. of the above) m. Susan, D. 



• He was killed at Cincinnati, by the explosion of the boiler of the steamboat 
Mozelle, April 25, 1838. This catastrophe happened about 6, V. !\1., whereby more 
than 100 persons instantly lost their lives. Me was standing upon the deck of the 
boat, and thrown the distance of "20 rods, and, in an elevation of more tiian 100 feet, 
upon the top of a house, the roof of which was partially broken in by his fall, 
where his lifeless body laid several hours before it was discovered ; his watch not 
atppt, but the crystal broken. 



430 FAMILY REGISTER. 

of Charles H. Fitch, Aug. 18, 1822, Chil. George C„ b. Nov. 
11, 1822; Charles, Feb. 10, 1825; William, Aug. 12, 1827; 
Ellen, March 21, 1830; Mary Williams, Nov. 5, 1833. 

STONE, ARTEMAS (bro. of the above) m. Eliza, D. of 
Edward Kingsbury of Brookfield, and g. D. of Jonah Howe, 
Esq., Dec. 2, 1824. Chil. Clarissa, b. Jan. 5, 1826 ; and 
Elizabeth. Removed to Boston. 

STONE, JONAS (s. of Joseph of Brookfield) m. Lucy, D. 
of Col. Job Gushing, July 4, 1781 ; he was then called of Charl- 
ton. He next m. Lucretia, D.of Henry Baldwin, June I, 1784, 
and settled in Leicester, Steward of the Academy there, for sev- 
eral years ; removed to Boston, kept the Lion Tavern, Sl,c., and 
removed to this town about 1821. His wife, Lucretia, d. here, 
Feb. 21, 1847, aged 84, 3 mos.; he survives. Chil. Lucy Cash- 
ing, who m. Paul Whitney of Boston ; Henry Baldwin, who m. 
Elizabeth Clapp; Lucretia; -4r«!emo5, whom. Hannah Washburn; 
Mary, who d. infant ; Jonas Emery, who m. Anna Stocker ; Wil- 
liam Ward, who d. when 3 years old ; Mary Louisa, who d. ac 
the age of 14 ; and William Ward, who m. Helen M. Scott. 

SMITH, PETER, one of the founders of this chh., m. Mer- 
cy Weight (Waite) in Marlboro', Dec. 18, 1718. They were 
then called of Marlboro'. He was living on house lot, No. 21, 
in 1729. She was ad. to this chh., from that in Westboro', 
in 1724. 

He bequeathed £50, old tenor, to this chh., with which one 
or more communion cups, with his name inscribed thereon, were 
procured by vote of the chh., and are still in use. He d. here, 
Sept. 23, 1748, aged 59. Chil. (only three births are on record 
here,) Peter, b. Nov. 19, 1722, and lived 25 days ; Elizabeth, 
Dec. 22, 1724, and lived 19 days; Peter, Aug. 28, 1727, and 
lived 25 days. It does not appear that he had other chil. 

SMITH, THOMAS m. Elizabeth Tayntor in Marlboro', in 
1745, and soon after removed to this town, and lived on what has 



FAMILY REGISTER. 431 

since been known as the " Tomlin Place," a short distance East 
of where the late Asa Rice lived ; the house in which he hved was 
taken down nearly 30 years ago. Chil. Elizabeth, b. July 8, 
1746, and m. Aarort Temple, in 1765; iViary, Feb. 2, 1748, 
and m. Joseph Ballard of Andover, Sept. 10, 1771 ; Sarah, 
April 29, 1750 ; Hannah, March 11, 1753, and m. Jonas Wy- 
man of Lancaster, May 27, 1772 ; Lydia, Dec. 23, 1755, and 
d. March 19, 1764 ; Luce^fl, July 31, 1759, and m. David Hos- 
ley, or Hasley, of Lancaster, Dec. 11, 1777; Dolly, May 13, 
1762 ; and Lucrctia, Feb. 8, 176S. They were all bap. here, 
in a few days after their respective births. Their mother was ad. 
to this chh., from that in Marlboro', in 1771. There is no re- 
cord here of the death of either of the parents ; they probably 
removed to live with some one of their married daughters. 

SMITH, EPFfKAIM came from Boxford,* and here m. 
Hannah, D. of Daniel Rice, Aug. 16, 1733; both then called 
of Shrewsbury. He probably d. here, but bis death is not on' 
record. Chil. Daniel, who was b. in 1733, as appears by his 
age at death, was bap,, here, alsoj his mother. May 10, 1736 ; at 
which lime the parents owned the chh. covenant ; Ephraim and 
Aaron, b. June 22, 1736 ; and Aaron bap. on the 27th j pre- 
vious to which time, Ephraim had probably deceased ; J\loses, 



* Boxford wat once a psrt of Rowley. In a history of the latter town, from its 
settlement, to a recent period, by Thomas Gage, 1 find what in all probability re- 
lates to the ancestry of Ephraim Smith. 

" Hugh Smith was settled there in 1G42, and d. in 1656 ; his wife was Mary." 
They had, says Mr. Gage, Edward, b. in 1654, and probably John ; Samuel, and four 
daughters. 

John, whose wife was Faith Parrot, had John and Jonathan, twins, b. in 1659, 
and probably Benjamin. 

Benjamin, whose wife was Martha Kilbom, had Moses, in 1711 ; Benjamin, in 
1719 ; Jacob, in 1720, and Joseph, in 1724. These names indicate a family relation 
between the Smiths there, and those who first settled here. Ephraim may have 
been a son of Benjamin, and bro. of Jacob and Joseph above mentioned, who, it is 
sup. also came to this town. Families of this name were early settlers in several 
of the most ancient towns in New England. The name is now the most common, 
probably, of any in this country, and the pedigrees of the families, therefore, the 
most difhcult to be traced with accuracy. 



432 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Jan. 25, 1739; William, Jan. 30, 1742; Asa, Oct. 5, 1744; 
Elizabeth, Feb. 17, 1748, and ni. Thomas Johnson, Sept. 24, 
1771. The death of Ephraim Smith is not on record ; his tvifc 
was ad. to this chh. in 1775, and, in 1790, was a wid. of 77, 
and m. Jedediah Tucker, whose age was 78. 

SMITH, DANIEL (s. of Ephraim) m. Lucy, D. of Capt. 
Daniel Howe, Jan. 19, 1758. His wife, Lucy, d. July 31, 
1802, aged 66. Chil. Lewis, b. March 2, 1758 ; Ashur, Oct„ 
4, 1759 ; Stephen, Aug 24, 1761, selded in N. Y., andd. there, 
about 1842 ; Thaddcus, Sept. 30, 1763, and d. here, Dec. 24, 

/ 1822; Catharine, Feb. 1, 1765, and ni. Steplien Johnson, m 
1793 ; Daniel, Dec. 28, 1766 ; Mary, Nov. 23, 1763, and m. 
Alexander Miller, in 1797 ; Luctj, Nov. 14, 1770, and m. Nath- 
aniel Elethorpe of Bridport, Vt., Sept. 7, 1795 ; and, probably, 
Bridget, who m. Abijah Sliutnvvay, perhaps of Oxford, Sept. 21, 
1800 ; he was then called of Shrewsbury ; and IVilliain. 

Daniel Smith m. Abigail Putnam, a vvid. of Sutton, in 1 BOo, 

'•' and d. Dec. 12, 1811, aged 78. 

SMITH, AARON* (bro. of the preceding) m. Dinah, D. 
of Ephraim Wheeler^ Aug. 4, 1757, and lived on the place af- 



* He was one of the immortals, who fought on Bunker Iiill ; and was in the ser- 
vice during most of the war. He commanded a company in aid of Shay's rebel- 
lion, and, when it was nearly suppressed, withdrew from the Comnionv.'ealth, and 
returned after the passage of an act of amnesty. Even in his latterdays, he spolte of 
that period of his life with much pride and self-satisfaction. He avowed good mo- 
tives, and admii/etZ ill-judged proceedings on his part, and those, who acted with 
him, in seeking relief from the pressure of the times, adding, emphatically, " there 
waa cause for complaint." What he said was undoubtedly true. 

When Laliiyette visited this country, in 1824, and was at Worcester, on the 2d of 
Sept., in that year, Mr. Smith, then in his 89th year, walked there, a distance of four 
miles, to meet his old commander, under whom he served in the Jerseys, in the 
most trying period of the Revolutionary war. He presented Lafayette with a cane , 
informing him he had wrought it from a stick he brought home with him from that 
campaign. Immediately Lafayette recognized him, and greeted him with such fra- 
ternal salutations, as excited great sensibility among a crowd of spectators. He 
anticipated the high satisfaction he should enjoy in being present at the laying of 
the corner stone of Bunker Hill Monument, on the 17th of June follov/ing ; butt- 
it was not pcrniiltcd him to sec that day. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 433 

tervvards of John Mason, Sen., next on the Baldwin Place, and 
lastly in the S. W. part of the town, wJiere his g. s. Holloway 
Harrington now lives. He d. May 9, 18:25, aged 89 ; the death 
of his wife, Dinah, is not on record ; she is sup. to have d. pre- 
vious to the year 1800. Chil. Martin, b. Jan. 1758; Aaron; 
Miriam, Jan. 8, 1761, and m. Reuben Baker, in 1778 ; Ashbel, 
Jan. 12, 1763, m. Azubah, wid. of Capt. Henry Baldwin, April 
23, 1S05, and d. without issue, May 17, 1816, aged 65, and his 
wid., Azubah, June 3, 1825, aged 65 ; Sarah, March 21, 1765, 
and m. John H. Howe, in 1787 ; Relief, Feb. 2, 1763, and m. 
Daniel Harrington, in 1788 ; Eunice, who m. John Taft, in 1795. 

SMITH, MOSES (bro. of Aaron) m. Lydia, D. of Zacha- 
riah Smith, April 30, 1760, removed to Templeton, and d. there. 

SMITH, ASA (s. of Ephralm) m. Elizabeth, D. of Ephraim 
Wheeler, July 3, 1764. Chil. William, b. Dec. 17, 1764, and 
d. infant; Dolly, Sept. 17, 17G6; Alice, Feb. 15, 1769, and 
m. Winsor Drury of Brookfield, in 1791 ; Azubah, April 28, 
1771, and sup. m. Jabez Knight of Leicester, in 1791 ; Levi- 
nah, May 23, 1776 ; Elizabeth, April 23, 1778. Removed 
from town. 

SAHTH, LEWIS (s. of Daniel) m. Lucy, D. of Jotham 
Howe, Dec. 22, 1782. Chil. Benjamin Jones, b. March 9, 
1783; Hannah, Jan. 17, 1785; Gardner,Feb. 17, 1737 ; Em- 
ery, March 18, 1789, and d. in 1790 ; Moses and Aaron, April 
2, 1793. The parents removed to Wardsboro', Vt., and d. there. 

SMITH, ASHUR (s. of Daniel) m. Anna, D. of Jedediah 
Tucker, Jun., in 1791. Chil. Nahim, h. Dec. 5, 1791 ; Joan- 
na, May 17. 1794, and d. in 1797; Gilbert, Feb. 18, 1796, 
and d. in 1798; Mary, April 18,1798; Gilbert, Dec. 18, 
1799 ; Lyman, April 14, 1801 ; Jubal, April 17, 1803 ; Amos, 
IMay 1 , 1805. The parents removed to New Salem, and d. there. 

55 



434 FAMILY REGISTER. 

SMITH, DAMEL, Jun. (s. of Daniel) m. Mercy, D. of 
Asa Mixer, Oct. 11, 1793. She d. Nov, 13, 1816, aoed 45. 
Chii. Sarah, b. Dec. 9, 1793; Jnrvis, Jan, 19, 1796, and m. 
Sarali, D. of Jcsiali Norcross, April 12, 1826. His chil. not on 
record, Relief, Nov. 30, 1797, and m. Samuel Wesson of Prov- 
idence, R. F., Nov. 5, 1820; Eliza, Nov. 15, 1799; Lucy, 
July 26, 1302, and m. Phineas Wesson of Providence, Jan. 14, 
1824; JoA/i, July 15, 1804, and d. Sept. 30, 1808; AJercy, 
April 13, 1805, and m. Daniel Harrington, 2d, in 1825 ; Ange- 
line Augusta, March 31, 1508. He next m. Olive Collier, a 
wid. of Sutton, in 1822, 

SMITH, WILLIAM (s. of Daniel) m. Sarah, D. of Daniel 
Johnson, Jan. 15, 1799. Chil. Olive, b. Sept. 9, 1799, and 
m. Jeremiah Pease, in 1830 ; Pamclia, Jan. 22, ISOl, and m. 
Edmund Myrick, in 1821 ; Abner Johnson, May 11, 1802. 

SMITH, MARTIN (s. of Aaron) m. Mary Harrington of 
Grafton, in 1794, and d. Sept. 10, 18.')8, aged 50, and his wife, 
Marv, July 20, 1800, aged 34. Chil. Elizabeth, b. July 17, 
1795, and m. Philip Wing, j)erhaps of JNorthbridge, afterwards 
of Grafton ; Martin, July 29, 1798, ni. and settled in Green- 
field ; Anna, May 7, 1800, and d. Feb. 13, 1313. 

SMITH, AARON, Jun. (s, of Aaron) m. Jenny, D. of 
Jotha.n Howe, May 22, 1794. Chil. John,h. Sept. 21,1794; 
Eunice, July 11, 1796. The parents removed to the Western 
part of New York. 

SMITH, Lt. ZACHARIAH, b. 1717 (s. of Zachariah of 
Watertovvn, who was s. of Jonathan and Jane, and b. in 16S7) 
ni. Lydia Hastings of and in Waltham, Oct. 19, 1738. He was 
called Jun., in the record of his marriage. When they came to 
this town, is unknown. He d. Jan. 28, 1793, aged 76, and his 
wid., Lydia, July 18, 1796, aged 76. Chil. Joshua, b. June 
14, 1739 ; Lijdia, Oci. IS, 1710, and m. Moses Smith, in 1760 ; 



FAMILY REGISTER. > 43^ 

Susannah, March 28, 1742 — (the first whose baptism is on re- 
cord here,) and d. March 22, 1759; Mary, Aug. 4, 1743, and 
m. Silas Hemenvvay, in 1766; Uriah, Aug. 11, 1745, m. Lydia, 
D. of John'Keyes of the N. P., in 1771, and removed to Wil- 
ton, N, H. ; Jonas, bap. Jan. 1 1, 1747, n»,, Ehzabeth Browning 
■of Rutland, in 1771, settled and d. there; Phiacas, bap. Feb. 
12, 1749, and settled in Newfane, Vt. ; Martha, bap. Feb. 3, 
1751, m. Artemas Bruce, and removed to Ct. ; Samuel, b, Sept. 
24, 1752, and d. in 1756 ; Thankful, Oct. 21, 1754, and d. in 
1756 ; Samuel, July 25, 1757, and Lewis, Feb. 22, 1760. 

SMITH, SAMUEL (s. of Zachariah,) m. Abigail, D. of 
Einathan Pratt, Jan. 1, 1778. She d. July 1, 1817, aged 59. 
Chil. Dana, b. April 12, 1778; Azubah, April 14, 1780, and 
nu Luther Noyes, in 1799; Clara, April 19, 1782, and m, Wil- 
liam Knovvlton, in 1799; Franklin, Sept. 8, 1784; Sarah^ 
April H, 1789, and m. Thaddeus Gary, in 1803 ; Rhoda, Oct. 
14, 1791, and m. Isaac Harrington, in 1809 ; Charlotte, Feb. 5, 
1796, and m. John S. Peirks, in 1814. 

Samuel Smith next m. Lyd'a, wid. of Daniel Mixer, April 20, 
1818, and d. June 9, 1841, aged 84 ; and his wife, Lydia, April 
19, 1841, aged 73. 

SMITH, LEWIS (bro. of Samuel,) m. Mary, D. of Timo- 

thy Howard, Oct. 6, 1783 ; she was ad. to ihis chh. in 1786, 
and d. in Dec. 1824, aged 59. Chil. Salmon, b. May 9, 1784; 
Martha, March 11, I'788, and m. Warren Harrington, in 1808 ; 
Mary, Oct. 22, 1790, and «n. Silas Wheelock, Jun., in 1803. 

The 2d wife of Lewis Smith w'as Olive, wid. of Asa Knowl- 
ton, whom he m. Feb. 3, 1826, and d. Feb. 21, 1838, aged 78, 
and his wife, Olive, June 4, 1837, aged 74. 

SMITH, SALMON" (s. of Lewis and Mary) m. Mehitable 
Stearns, in 1806. Chil. A'ancy, b. June 21, 1807, and m. Israel 
Arnold of Paxton ; John, April 22, 1809; Lewis, Aug. 27, 
181 1 ; Laura, April 1, 1814, and m. Moray of Vt. ; 



436 ' FAMILY REGISTER. 

Mehitabic, Aug. '27, 1816, and m. Adam H. Cary ; Leander, 
June 4, 1818; Harriet, iNov. 15, 1820. 

SMITH, MOSES (s. of, and where from, unknown) whose 
wife was Phebe, had Moses, b. April 6, 1750 ; Joab, Aug. 25, 
1751, who d. Sept. 16, 1757 ; Jacob, March 23, 1753 ; John, 
June 14, 1756, and d. in 1757 ; Joab, March 25, 1759. 

SMITH, Dr. JOSHUA (whose wife was Sarah, D. of die 
Rev. John Prentice of Lancaster, and sister of the Rev. Job 
Gushing, was here in 1742, and ad. to this chh. in May of that 
ye r. He was a good penman, and employed in various town 
offices, from 1745, until his death, which occurred Jan. 20, 1756, 
at the age of 37. Chil. Benjamin, b. May 23, 1742 ; Sarah, 
June 1, 1743 ; Joshua, March 21, 1745 ; Lciuis, May 4, 1747, 
and lived 5 days ; John Prentice, Oct. 3, 1748 ; and Benjamin, 
Jan. 22, 1752. 

His wid. Sarah, m. Col. Timothy Brigham of Southboro', 
April 12, 1759. 

SMITH, BEZALEEL (of Sudbury) m. Sarah Miles of 
Concord, Dec. 8, 1731. They were ad. to this chh. in 1734 ; 
he d. here Oct. 20, 1756, his age not recorded. Chil. Thomas, 
bap. July 4, 1734 ; Sarah, b. May 13, 1736 ; Eunice, April 13, 
1738 ; EzeTciel, Sept. 17, 1740; Moses, i^n. 6, 1745; Samuel, 
June 6, 1743 ; Hcpzibah, March 11, 1754; and Martha, Nov. 
20, 1755. 

SMITH, JACOB and his wife Kezia, were probably both 
from Weston. " He owned the chh. covenant here, in 1739 ; 
she had owned it at Weston, when she dwelt ihere." — Chh. rcc. 
Chil., as on record here, Ruth, b. Sept. 16, 1739 ; Jacob, bap. 
March i^', 1741 ; Joel, Ai g. 19, 1743; Keziah, iNov. 10, 
1745; Jonathan Warren, Feb. 26, 1748; Solomon, March 18, 
1750 ; Joseph, June 0, . 

Their D, Keziah, was bap. here May 25, 1746, " the parents 
ihen living in Worcester, destitute of a settled minister." — Chh. 
records. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 437 

SMITH, NATHAN, whose wife was Susannah, had John, 
b. April 19, 1763. 

SMITH,* DENNIS, known as "master Smith,'' a school 
teacher, and distinguished for his penmanship, was from the West 
of England, and reputed to be of Scotch descent ; he m. Anna, 
D. of Elijah Rawson, perhaps before he or her father removed 
to this town ; there is no record here of their marriage, or publish- 
ment. Chil. Jonathan Rawson, b. April 7, 1771 ; Michael, 
June 27, 1773 ; William Dennis, June 9, 1775 ; Samuel, Sept. 
7, 1777; Mary, Feb. 15, 1780; Ann, July 21, 1782. 

Removed to the Western part of N. Y. 

SMITH, JONATHAN R. (s. of Dennis) m. Sarah, D. of 
Daniel Noyes, Feb. 10, 1793, and had Elizabeth, who m. Mark 
B. Knovvlton, in 1823, and perhaps others. 

SMITH, DANA (s. of Samuel) went to Charlton, m. and 
settled there. Chil. Stillman ; Silas ; and perhaps others. 

SMITH, STILLMAN (s. of Dana) m. Lucy, D. of Capt. 
Seth Hemenway, in 1S2G. She d. Sept. 23, 1832, aged 27. 
Chil. Velina Ann, b. Feb. 5, 1827 ; and Lorenzo Gilbert, Oct. 
31, 1829. He next m. Abigail H., D. of Jotham Bartlett, Dec. 
15, 1833, and d. May 14, 1839. Child, Lorana Ann, b. April 
23, 1835. 

His bro. Silas, m. Adaline, D. of Capt. Seth Hemenway. 



* While teaching a school, a Scotchman, travelling by, and desirous to make ac- 
quaintance with his countrymen, wherever he could find them, called, and wag 
invitpd by master Smith to take a seat by his side. A class was called out in line, 
fronting the master and his friend, to read and spell. It somewhat excited his sur- 
prise, to see all of them clad in leather aprons. When the class was through, and 
had taken their seats, he inquired of master Smith, with much earnestness, and a 
very broad brogue, " My good sir, are all those Ivds the sons o' blocksviiths ?" 

This excited the mirllioC the lads, as much as their leather aprons had h\s tconder. 
He was told it was customary for all lads to wear leather aprons. A class of older 
lads was next called out, and when he saw they had on not only leather aprons, but 
leather breeches too, he took leave without uttering a word! 



438 FAMILY REGISTER, 

SHERMAN,* JOSEPH m. Sarah Pemim, (perhaps Per^ 
ham) of Sutton, Dec. 25, 1728 ; he was then called of Shrews- 
bury. She d. March 2, 1772, aged 69; his death is not record- 
ed here. Their s. Joseph, was bap. here, Feb. 8, 1736, and 
probably d. young ; John, b. April 8, 1737; Sarah, i\xne 27, 
1739, and m. Thomas Grover of Grafton, in 1759 ; Joseph, bap. 
Aug. 15, 1742 ; Lyclia, Aug, 29, 1744, and m. Israel Rice of 
Grafton, Nov. 22, 1764 ; and perhaps others. 

SHERMAN, JOHN (s.of Joseph) m. Cloe Thayer of Bel- 
lingham, in 1761 ; she d. May 26, 1766, aged 25. His death 
is not on record here, Chil. Caleb, b. May 14, 1762 ; John^ 
March 27, 1764 ; Cloe, Aug. 4, 1765. 

SHERMAN, JOSEPH, Jun. (s. of Joseph) m. Abigail 
Muzzy, Feb. 4, 1766 ; she was then called of Shrewsbury, per- 
haj)S came iiere from Sudbury. Chil. JSathan, b. Dec. 6, 1767, 
an:I m. Mary Stearns, in 1790 ; Mary, Oct. 22, 1769, and sup. 
m. Joel Drury,in 1788; Abigail, Oct. 22, 1771, and m. Gard- 
ner Howe, in 178;) ; Lyclia, bap. March 2), 1775. The father 
was a soldier in the Continental service, and d. at Morristown, N. 
J., in the winter of 1777, aged 35. His wid. Abigail, m. Timo- 
thy Wheelock of New Ipswich, N. H., in 1782. 

SHERMAN,! CALEB (s. of John) went to Conway, m. 
Bacon, settled there, and had sons, Joseph, John, Orra, 



William ; and a D. Cloe, and perhaps others. 



* ?i'e was the s. of John and Mary Sherman, and b. in Marlboro', in 1703 ; liis 
brothers were Ephraim, b. in 1710, sup. settled in Grafton ; John, 1713; and Sam- 
•tiel, 1718. His father is sup. to have been a native of Watertown, and probably a 
descendant of John, who was settled there in 1G37, and had sons, John and Joseph. 

t He was formerly, and for many years, extensively known as a drover from the 
fiver towns to Brighton market; and about the year 1812, while passing with a 
■drove of cattle over the bridge, that crosses Connecticut river, at Montague, was 
precipitated with most of his drove, into the river, and upon the rocks, a distance 
■of 30 feet or more, by the breaking down of the bridge; whereby his leg was bro- 
4t.en, and many of his cattle killed. After amputation of his limb, he, with a wooden 
leg, long continued in that employnient, and is yet living, at the age of 85. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 439 

SHERMAN, JOHN (from Grafton) m. Elizabeth, D. of 
Daniel Johnson, April 2, 1815, and had Benjamin, h. Oct. 8, 
1815, who d. May 12, 1816. Returned to Grafton. 

SUMNER, Rev. JOSEPH, D. D. (s. of Deac. Samuel of 
Pomfret, Ct., b. in 1710 j whose father was George of Roxbury, 
s. of George, 1st. Deac. of Milton chh. and b. in 1634,) was 
ord. to the ministry here, June 23, 1762, and m. Lucy Williams 
of Pomfret, in 1763 ; D. D. H. U. in 1814, and about the same 
time the like honorary degree was conferred upon him by Colum- 
bia College, S. C. He d. Dec, 9, 1824, aged 85, and bis wife, 
Lucy, Feb. 13, 1810, aged 71. Chil. Sarah, b. May 6, 1764, 
and m. VVilliam Jennison of Worcester, Oct. 30, 1788 ; Samuel, 
Sept. 24, 1765 ; Joseph, July 31, 1767 ; Joanna, Sept. 5, 1769, 
and m. Edward Sumner of Roxbury, June 10, 1806; Lucy, 
Dec. 24, 1771, and m. Joseph Wheeler, Jun., of Worcester, 
Jan. 13, 1793 ; Elizabeth, Dec. 15, 1773; Dorothy, Dec. 31, 
1777, and m. George Merriam of Worcester, Dec. 22, 1796, 
and d. here, his wid., March, 1841 j he d. in Worcester, in 
1602 ; tlieir s. George M., m. Caroline Pamelia, D. of Samuel 
Haven, Jun. ; Erastus, Feb, 10, 1783. 

SUMNER, Rev. SAMUEL (s. of Rev. Joseph) grad. D. 
C, 1786, was ord. to the ministry in Soulhboro', June I, 1791, 
and dis. Dec. 1, 1797. He m. a wid. W^illiams, originally Tay- 
lor of Southboro', and removed to Bakersfield, Vt., where he set- 
tled in the ministry, and d. in 1836, aged 71. 

SUMNER, JOSEPH, Jun. (s. of Rev. Joseph) m. Rebec- 
ca Jeffrey of Salem, in 1797, and d. Oct. 4, 1825, aged 58, 
and his wife, Rebecca, March 31, 1824, aged 56. Chil. Ann 
Jeffrey, b. May 20, 1799, and m. Jubal Howe of Boston, Nov. 
17, 1830- James Jeffrey, Oct. 10, 1801, and d. unm. Jan. 
1, 1827. 

SUMNER, ERASTUS (bro. of the preceding) m. Lavinia 
Boyd of Marlboro', Jan. 12, 1805, and lives on the homestead. 



440 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Chil. Caroline Maria, b. Jan. 7, 1807, and m. Arnold L. Allen^ 
in 1833 ; Lucy Williams, Aug. 14, 1809, and d. Jan. 1, 1827 ; 
Lydia Morse, June 18, 1812; Sarah Ann, Nov. S, 1814; 
Jane Augusta, Nov. 18, 1817 ; George, March 12, 1819, and 
d. Sept. 19, 1821 ; Catharine IVhiyple, July 8, 1822 ; George, 
July 25, 1824. 

STRATTON, DAVID, called of this town, (perhaps s. of 
David of Watertovvn, who m. Hannah Smith of Lexington, Jan. 
30, 1728) was pub. to Dinah Wheeler of Marlboro', Nov. 8, 
1761. There is no further record of him here. 

Eunice Stratton was dis. from this chh. to that in Hardwick, 
in 1742; having been ad. here in 1731, by the name of Eunice 
Kerley. She was probably from Marlboro', 

SELFRIDGE, WILLIAM and his wife Agnes, were from 
Ireland. Their s. Edward, was b. Nov. 30, 1701, in Ardstraw, 
in the County of Tyron, in Ireland. 

SELFRIDGE, EDWARD (s. of William) whose wife was 
Elizabeth, had Martha, bap. here, June 20, 1731 ; Oliver, bap. 
Dec. 24, 1732 ; Rebecca, b. Sept. 8, 1736. This family, and 
perhaps the parents of Edward, removed to Rutland. Edward 
Selfridge, (says Jonas Reed, in his History of Rutland,) m. Han- 
nah Miles of Concord, lived a ^ew years in Rutland, then sold, 
and setded in Hubbardston. He was probably the s. of Edward 
who removed from this town to Rutland. From this family de- 
scended Thomas Oliver Selfridge, who killed Charles Austin, by 
a pistol shot, in State Street, Boston, in the month of Aug. 1807. 

SKIDMORE, RICHARD (Skidmore in the town, and Sed^ 
more, in the chh. records) whose wife was Jemima, had Rebecca, 
b. June 26, 1734, and bap. here in July following. 

SYMMES, THOMAS (s. of John of Boston) forage master, 
d. here, during the Revolutionary war, leaving a wid., Rebeccaj, 
who d. May 28, 1816, aged 96. No issue. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 441 

SEAVER, NORMAN, whose wife was Sarah, probably liv- 
ed in the N. P., and had Joseph, b. May 13, 1761 ; Isaac, Feb. 
18, 1763; Ethan, Sept. 24, 1765; Daniel, June 28, 1767; 
Hermon, May 6, 1769, and sup. m. Elizabeth Weeks of Marl- 
boro', Jan. 15, 1794; Luther, April 13, 1771. 

SEVER, MOSES of Westboro', m. Lucy Johnson of Hop- 
kinton, Feb. 25, 1758, and lived in this town several years, near 
the head of Quinsigatnonci pond ; his chil. all sup. b. in West- 
boro', were Abigail, b. March 8, 1761, and m. Taylor, 

and next, George Parker, in 1794 ; Ephraim, Sept. 16, 1767 ; 
Nathan, March 3, 1769 ; Edward, Dec. 16, 1770, and Asenath, 
who m. Abner Mellen, in 1800. He returned to Westboro', be- 
fore the year 1800, and d. there, in 1810. His wid. Lucy, d. 
here, July 19, 1316, aged 84. 

SEVER, EPHRAIM (s.of Moses) m. Jan. 17, 1803, Sarah 
Pike of Westboro', wid. sup. of Moses Pike ; (she was originally 
Sarah Bigelow,) and d. here, Sept. 11, 1834, aged 67. Chil. 
Sarah Miller, b. Jan. 11, 1805, and m. Ziniri Wheelock of 
Northboro', in 1826; and Ruth Knowlton, May 11, 1806, who 
m. Lewis Howe of Marlboro', in 1826. 

STACY, NYMPH AS from Hopkinton, (bro. of the wife of 
Capt. Seth Pratt, also of the wife of Capt. Lewis Eager) m. 
Martha Abbott, April 12, 1781 ; she was then called of tliis town, 
and ad. to ih"s chh. in 1734. Chil. Martha, b. Oct. 8, 1781 j 
and John, Sept. 5, 1783. Removed to Winchester, N. H. 

Keziah Stacy, m. Jothara Glazier of New Braintree, in 1773; 
and Anna Stacy, John Powers of Lancaster, in 1774. 

SPOFFORD, JOB probably from Rowby, m. Esther, D. 
of David Taylor, Nov, 26, 1776, and had David, b. Aug.. 8, 
1777, who d. infant. 

STILES, EDMUND, whose wife was Elizabeth, had Phin- 
eas, b. March 20, 1764, and Elizabeth, Sept. 4, 1765. 
56 



442 FAMILY REGISTER. 

STILES, JOSHUA from Princeton, (perhaps s. of the pre- 
ceding) m. Abigail, D. of Jonathan Gale, in 1781, and had Abi- 
gail, b. Feb. 14, 1782, and Fersis, Jan. 3, 1784. 

SOUTHGATE, ELIJAH (from Leicester) m. Martha, D. 
of Joseph Hastings, Jan. 19, 1774, and d. here, Nov. 6, 1837, 
aged 87 ; and his wife, Martha, May 26, 1837, aged 84. No 
issue. 

STOW, JOHN m. Sarah Healy of Worcester, April 2, 
1794, and lived in the house, long since taken down, where prob- 
ably Luke Rice lived, a short distance West of the house of the 
late Asa Rice. He was a tailor by trade, and removed from 
town after a few years. No record of chil. here. 

STOW, ABNER (sup. from Grafton) whose wife was Sarah, 
lived near the house of Samuel Smith, and had Jlbner Miles, b. 
Oct. 5, 1826, and Mary Hall, July 10, 1828. 

SLOCOMB, GEORGE whose wife was Tabitha, came here 
about 1796, with a family of chil., from Medfield, or vicinity, 
and purchased the farm and tavern stand previously belonging to 
Jotham Howe, where he d. Oct. 8, 1826, aged 74, and his wid. 
Tabitha, Jan. 3, 1829, aged 73. Chil. perhaps not in this or- 
der, (the six first named have not their births recorded here,) 
Susannah, who m. Gregory Mason, in 1797 ; Sylvia, who m. 
Lyman Howe, in 1802; George; Jerub, who settled in N. Y., 
but d. here, July 27, 1834, aged 50 ; Vcsty, who d. here, Sept. 
25, 1796, aged 10 years ; Harding, who m. Maria Morgan of 
Brimfield, in 1818, and removed to Homer, N. Y. ; Elizabeth, 
b. May 14, 1796, and m. Samuel Wright of Northampton, March 
7, 1823; Calvin Neivton, Feb. 10, 1799; Harriet, July 19, 
1802, and d. infant ; Harriet, Dec. 22, 1804, and m. Thomas 
Bond of Boylston. 

John Slocomb, bro. of George, d. here, Oct. 2, 1817, aged 96. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 443 

SLOCOMB, GEORGE, Juii. (s. of George) m. Lucy Bond 
of Boylston, in 1805. He kept a public house a few years at 
Cambridgeporl, then returned and settled here. His wife, Lucy, 
d. here, May 26, 1815. Chil. (not on record here) George 
Bond, and Lucy Ann, who m. Jonas Wilson of Spencer. He 
next m. Sarah, D. of Capt. Lewis Eager, Oct. 13, 1817, and d. 
Dec. 13, 1827, aged 47. Chil. CharUs Eager, b. Aug. 10, 
1818; Sarah Cleora, Oct. 10, 1820. 

SLOCOMB, CALVIN N. (bro. of the preceding) m. Per- 
sis C. Warner of Holden, in 1827, and had Caroline Warner, 
b. Jan. 23, 1828, and Harriet Gcorgiana, March 18, 1829. 
Removed to Homer, N. Y. 

SLOCOMB, PHILO, from Sutton, (s. of William, bro. of 
John and George) m. Relief, D. of Daniel Maynard, Jan. 12, 
1806. They were ad. to this chh. in 1811 . Chil. Caroline Jle- 
Hef, b. Oct. 27, 1806, and d. in 1807 ; Caroline, Aug. 10, 
1808, and d. March 25, 1812 ; John Maynard, Dec. 22, 1810, 
and settled in Ohio ; Mary, April 6, 1813, and d. Aug. 5, 1828 ; 
Hannah Harrington, Jan. 15, 1816, and m. Josiah G. Stone ; 
Emeline, Nov. 20, 1822 ; George Philo, Dec. 28, 1827 ; Har- 
riet Ellen, Sept. 26, 1829. 

SAWYER, AARON (probably from Lancaster*) whose wife 
was Keziah, lived in the N. P. Chil. as on record here, Dolly, 
b. July 11, 1732; Elizabeth, Jan. 17, 1784 ; Aaron, Oct. 1, 
1785. 

Sarah Sawyer m. Benjamin Wilson of a place called " Gard- 
7ier^s Farms," July 4, 1754 ; perhaps now Gardner. 



* Where was Thomas in 1G47, whose wife was Mary. His sons were, Thomaa^ 
Ephraim, Joshua, James, Caleb and Nathaniel. — Farmer. 

From this stock may have been the Marlboro' Sawyers ; of whom, Thomas and 
Hannah had Hannah, b. in 1673, and William, in 1679. James and Mary had 
Ephraim, b. in 1G78, James, in 1686, and Benjamin, in 1693. Eohraim Sawyer, who 
m. Elizabeth George, in 1700, had James, b. in I70J, Joshua, in 1702, and Jacob, 
in 1706. 



444 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Oliver Sawyer was pub. to Martha Hinds, Feb. 23, 1785. 
There is no other record here concerning any of this faniily name, 
except what follows. 

SAWYER, CALVIN, and his wife Relief, had Relief, b. 
Feb. 20, 1783; Cahin, March 28, 1784; Sophia, Jan. 6, 
1786 ; and Susannah, Feb. 3, 1788, and m. Abijah Knight, 
here, in 1803; Lucy, Dec. 10, 1789; and Henry, Oct. 19, 
1791, all in Sterling. His wife. Relief, probably d. there. He 
next m. here, Mary, D. of Samuel Britton, Sept. 19, 1793, and 
was then called of Lancaster, where he had Dennis, b. April 6, 
1794, who m. Susan, D. of Gideon Rider, June 25, 1820, and 
settled in Providence; shed, here Sept. 25, 1832, aged 37; 
Austin, June 4, 1796; Relief, July 15, 1798, who m. Jonas 
Temple, in 1817. He settled here, with his wife, Mary, and 
family, about 1804 ; the parents were ad. to this chh. in 
1806. Chil. b. here, Eliza, Aug. 17, 1804 ; Ruth Parker, 
Nov. 6, 1806, and m. Joseph Temple, in 1828; Franklin 
Adams, July 11, 1809; Caroline, bap. May 24, 1812, and m. 
Samuel Houghton, Sept. 11, 1832. The father, Calvin Sawyer, 
d. here, Oct. 4, 1837, aged 74. 

SAWYER, AUSTIN (s. of Calvin) m. Susannah, D. of 
Joseph S. Temple, Aug. 29, 1816, and had Clarissa Relief b. 
Jan. 15, 1817. Removed to Providence. 

SAWYER, WILLIAM (bro. of Calvin) with a family, re- 
moved to this town, lived here a short time and d. Sept. 19, 
1824, aied 56. ' /: , : 

Abigail Sawyer, a wid. sup. the wid. of William, d. here, Feb. 
22, 1839, aged 57. 

Abigail Sawyer, who m. Joseph P. Cary, in 1817, and Har- 
riet, his 2d wife, were daughters of William ; and perhaps, also, 
Lucretia M. Sawyer, who d. here, April 12, 1839, and 18 years. 

STEARNS, Deac. STEPHEN, of the Baptist Socie y, m, 
Martha Stratton of Holden. Chil, as on record here ; Elvira, 



FAMILY REGISTER. 445 

b. July 29, 1807, and m. Philip Crosby of Westminster, in 
1825; Mary Ann, Dec. 31, 1S08, and m. Charles A. Newton, 
in 1833 ; Martha L., March 22, 1810 ; Elizabeth, Nov. 21, 
1812; Stephen, Nov. 4, 1814, and d. Sept. 8, 1821. 

His 2d wife was Elizabeth Holmes, a vvid. ; she d. Sept. 30, 
1837, aged 51. 

SNOW, HENRY, Esq. (from Dublin, N. H.,) m. Harriet, 
D. of Dr. Silas Wheelock, June 6, 1824, and d. May 23, 1844, 
aged 49. Chil. Harriet Emily, b, March 26, 1825, and Marian 
Parker, June 28, 1827. 

SWAIN, JAMES B. (from Concord, or vicinity) m. Eu- 
nice Brigham, and had Lucy Rebecca, b. Feb. 13, 1729, and 
James Prescott, Sept. 18, 1832. 

TAYLOR,* WILLIAM, known as Sergeant Taylor, b. 1692, 
m. Elizabeth, D. of Thomas Hapgood of Marlboro', Nov. 28, 1717, 
(she was b. in 1697, and was sister of Capt. Thomas Hapgood, 



* Henry Axdell (Axtell) and Hannah, his wife, were m. June 14, 1G65. 

Eleazer Ward and Hannah Rice, were m. 10. 6. 1675. 

Henry Axtel and Eleazer Ward, both slain by Indians, between Marlboro' and 
Sudbury, upon the road, April, 1676. — Marlboro' Records. 

William Taylor m. the wid. of the former, 16. 5. 1677, and Richard Taylor of 
Sudbury, in the same year, m, the wid. of the latter ; she was the D. of Deac. Ca- 
leb Rice of Marlboro'. 

A William Taylor was in Concord, where he and his wife, Mary, had Mary, b. in 
1649, Samuel, in 1655, Abraham, in 1656, and Jacob, in 1662, and, probably, Wil- 
liam. He is sup. to have removed to Marlboro', where Mary, the wife of a William 
Taylor, d. in 1672, and to have been the William Taylor, who there m. Hannah, 
wid. of Henry Axtel, 16. 5. 1677, and Sarah Larkin, in 1699, and d. there, in 1706; then 
called William Taylor, Sen., his age not stated. 

William Taylor, s. sup. of William, m. Mary Johnson in Marlboro', Nov. 25, 
1671 ; according to the Marlboro' records, they had eleven chil. ; the two youngest, 
Ebenezer, b. in 1702, and Elisha, in 1704. Yet the record there, says Mary, the 
wife of William Taylor, d. in 1697 j they may have been chil. by Mary, a 2d wife ; 
and William, who d. in 1706, ma!/ have been the William Taylor, who m. Mary 
Johnson, and called Seii., in contradistinction to his s. William, who, b. in 1692, 
settled in Shrewsbury, as did also Ebenezer, who was b. in 1702. Eleazer, the old- 
est s. of William Taylor, and Mary Johnson, b. in 1678, m. Lydia Barret of Marl- 
boro', in 1699, and had Eleazer, b. there, in that year, who also settled in this town. 



446 FAMILY REGISTER. 

who early settled here,) they probably removed from Marlboro' 
to this town before the year 1720. He lived, as sup. where 
Capt. Amasa Howe now does, and was one of the founders of 
this chh., to which his wife, Elizabeth, was ad. in 1724. He d. 
Aug. 14, 1775, aged 84, and his wife, Elizabeth, March 17, 
1763, aged 66. Chil. Jonah, whose birth is ilot on record here, 
but, in Marlboro', b. in 1718, and d. at Cape Breton, Sept. 8, 
1745, aged 28 ; Abigail, here, March 5, 1720, and m. Moses 
Hastings, in 1742, and Samuel Bigelow, in 1770; Mary, Aug. 
15, 1722, and m. Hezekiah Rice, in 1740, Elizabeth, Jone 3, 
1725, and m. Solomon Stow of Marlboro', Nov. 19, 1741, and 
probably, Capt. Benjamin Fay of Westboro', in 1765 ; she was 
then called of Grafton; Dinah, March 12, 1727, and m. Ross 
Wyman, his 2d wife, April 10, 1751 ; Eunice, March 28, 1729, 
and m. Daniel Howe, June 10, 1748, and Marshall Newton, in 
1751 ; Lois, xMay 10, 1731, and d. Oct. 15, 1745 ; Hepzibah, 
March 6, 1733, and m. Nathan Howe, Sept. 10, 1748; Bulah, 
Oct. 20, 1736, and d. Oct. 28, 1745 ; Mercy, Nov. 22, 1741, 
bap. the same day, and probably d. infant. 

TAYLOR, EBENEZER (bro. of William) b. 1702, m. 
Mary Bannister of Marlboro', Jan. 1, 1723, he was then called 
of Shrewsbury. She was ad. to this chh. in 1728, and he, in 
1741. He lived in the N. P. His wife, Mary, d. Aug. 14, 
1736, aged 36. Chil. Sarah, b. Oct. 1, 1724, and sup. m. Jon- 
athan Keyes, Jun., in 1752; Elisha, Dec. 3, 1726, and d. May 
26, 1730 ; Fortimatus, Feb. 18, 1729 ; Mary, June 20, 1731 ; 
Asa, Nov. 12, 1733; Andreiv, Aug. 16, 1736, and d. March 
2, 1739. His 2d wife was Bulah, and their chil. Lucy, b. June 
10, 1738 ; Charles, June 19, 1740 ; Bulah, bap. Oct. 17, 1742. 

TAYLOR, Lt. ELEAZER (s. of Eleazerand Lydia Tay- 
lor of Marlboro') b. in 1699, m. Judith Hapgood, sister of the 
wile of William Taylor, July 5, 1721. They were ad. to this 
chh. in 1723, and in 1729, he was living on house lot. No. 43. 
His wife, Judith, d. Nov. 8, 1742, aged about 44. Chil. Nathan, 
b. Feb. 24, 1722 ; David, Sept. 17, 1723 ; Micah, June 15, 



FAMILY REGISTER. 447 

1726, and d. Aug. 9, 1735 ; Eleazer, Aug. 26, 1728 ; Judith, 
Feb. 13, 1729, and m. Stephen Flagg, in 1750 ; Hannah, Nov. 
17, 1731, and d. Feb. 6, 175G ; Huldah, Sept. 8, 1733, and m. 
Thomas Drury, in 1755; Submit, Nov. 26, 1735; Zillah, 
March 15, 1738, and m. Nathan Howe, his 2d wife, in 1771, 
and Jonas Temple of Boylston, in 1789 ; Rvfus, Aug. 15, 1740; 
Elizabeth, Oct. 27, 1742. 

He next m, Hannah, wid. of Gershorn Flagg, March 26, 1744, 
and d. Sept. 20, 1753, aged 54. Chil. Micah and Thankful, 
b. Aug. 1, 1745; Jonah, May 17, 1747; Anthony, June 5, 
1749 ; Mary, Aug. 7, 1752. 

TAYLOR, NATHAN (s. of Eleazer) m. Sarah Hale of 
Harvard, April 10, 1744, and d. March 30, 1746, aged 24. 
Chil. Isaac, b, Jan. 27, 1745, and Nathan, July 18, 1746. 

TAYLOR, DAVID (s. of Eleazer,) m. Hezediah, D. of 
John Wheeler, April 8, 1746. She d. Dec. 15, 1754, aged 30. 
No births by this marriage on record. He next m. Esther Jones 
of Marlboro', Oct- 28, 1756, and had Esther, b. Jan. 28, 1759, 
who m. Job SpofFord, Nov. 26, 1776; Hannah, Sept. 15, 1760; 
Lucy^ Oct. 9, 1762. 

David Taylor removed to Berlin, and d. there. 

TAYLOR, MICAH (?. of Eleazer) whose wife was Tabitha, 
had Jonah, b. Aug. 27, 1771, and Joel, Nov. 2, 1772. 

TAYLOR, JOHN (s. sup. of John and IMartha of Marl- 
boro', if so, b. in 1736) m. Jeiiiima, b. 1737, youngest D. of 
William Holloway of Westboro', in 1758, and settled here, in 
the N. P. Chil. on record here, Holloway, b. Feb. 7, 1757, 
and Mary, Feb. 12, 1761, and m. Jolham Bush, June 8, 1781. 
He removed to Northboro', and settled upon the place of Wm. 
Holloway, her father, (who, b. in 1689, was the s. of Adam Hol- 
loway, and d, in 1760,) and there had John, who was afterwards 
of Northampton. 



448 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Hollovvay Taylor, afterwards Col., m. Dinah Houghton of 
Sterling, and lived on the homestead, in INorthboro', several years, 
and removed to St. Albans, Vt., about the year 1800. 

TAYLOR, DANIEL whose wife was Sarah, had Leander, 
h. Oct. 4, 1808. 

TEMPLE, RICHARD whose wife was Mary, was living on 
house lot. No. 37, in 1729; his wife Mary, d. here, Dec. 10, 
1733, aged 57. His D. Mary, was ad. to this chh. in 17*28, m. 

Newton of Southboro', and was dis. to the chh. there, 

in 1743. Nothing further appears on record here concerning 
him, or his. 

Thomas Temple and Joseph Temple were ad. to this chh. in 
1728 ; the former was dis. to that in '■'■ Roadtoivn,''^ in 1742, and 
the latter to the chh. in Worcester, in 1741 ; neither of them 
appear to have had any family while here.* 

TEMPLE, ISAAC (s. sup. of Isaac of Marlboro') b. in 
1703, m. Elizabeth Holland of Marlboro', June 4, 1725, and 
was living on house lot. No. 34, in 1729. His wife, Elizabeth, 
was ad. to this chh. in 1728. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 22, 
1722; Ephraim, bap. June 15, 1727; Abigail, h. March 13, 
1729, and d. Aug. 31, 1733; Jonas, July 1, 1733; Francis, 
Nov. 5, 1735; Aaron, Aug. 18, 1739; Martha and Mary, 
Feb. 26, 1741 ; the former m. Seth Heywood, in 1762; the 
latter, probably, Thomas Keyes of Westminster, in 1765 ; Lucy, 



* They were probably from Concord, and grand sons of Richard and Joanna, who 
had Abigail, b. in Charlestown, 15. 5. 1G47, (she m. Thomas Brabrook, in 1669,) 
and Isaac, in Concord, in 1G37, also, as is said by Farmer, Abraham and Richard ; 
Richard m. Sarah I'arling in Concord, April 24, 1688. Abraham, whose wife was 
Martha, had Richard, b. in Concord, in 1674, Isaac, in 1678, John, in 1680, Joseph, 
in 1688, and Benjamin, in 1690, besides daughters3 their mother was Deborah Had- 
lock, m. in 1673, and d. in 1743, aged 94. 

Isaac, s. of Abraham, is sup. to have settled in Marlboro'; his wife was Martha; 
they had ten chil. between 1700 and 1718, both years inclusive ; four of them,BQns, 
viz : Isaac, b. 1703, and sup. settled here, in the N. P., Abraham, in 1708, John, in 
1712, and Jonas, in 1716. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 449 

Feb. 21, 1744, and m. Simeon Keyes, in 1765 ; Sarah, July 

I, 1747, and m. John Glazier, in 1765. 

The death of Isaac Temple is not on record ; he was Rep., 
and many years one of the Selectmen — the last time, in 1765. 
When his wife Elizabeth, d. is unknown. 

TEMPLE, EPHRAIM (s. of Isaac) m. Elizabeth, D. of 
Jacob Hinds, May 25, 1752, and Mary Farrar, perhaps of Lan- 
caster, in 1757. Chil. Francis, b. Fe'). 9, I7'8 ; Lnac, March 

II, 1759, and sup. m. Elizabeth Houghton of Lancaster, in 
1785; Ephraim, May 18, 1760, and m. Sybil Ray of West- 
minster, and d. in Gardner ; Ezra, May 24, 176-2 ; Oho, Nov. 

6, 1764, m. Hey wood, setded and d. in Gardner; Lo- 

ammi, March 18, 1767. 

TEMPLE, Lt. JONAS (s. of Isaac) m. Olive, D. of Henry 
Keyes, in 1756 ; she d. Dec. 31, 1781, aged 45. Chil. Olive, 
b. Aug. 31, 1757, and m. John Parker, iMay 4, 17S0 ; Damaris, 
Nov. 30, 1758, and m. Asa Cummings of Sutton, in 1784 ; 
Dolly, July 20, 1760, and m. Israel Keyes, in 1782 ; John, Ji ly 
21, 1762 ; Jonas, May 12, 1764, and d. Oct. 21, 1779 ; LycHn, 
Feb. 25, 1766 JI Ruth, Oct. 16, 1772, and d. Nov. 19, 1779; 
Abigail, Sept. 24, 1776; Jonas, Aug. 5, 1780. 

His 2d wife was Keziah Hove a wid., whom he m. in 1782, 
and had Isaac, b. Jan. 1, 1784. His 3d wife was Zillah, wid. of 
Nathan Howe, whom he m. March 10, 1789. 

TEMPLE, FRANCIS (s. of Isaac) m. Anna Mai-sh o( 
Suttm, in 1763; she d. April 4, 1765. He next m. Elizabeth, 
D. of Samuel Holland, Dec. 18, 1766, and d. March 9, 1767, 
aged 32. His wid., Elizabeth, m. Ephraim Wheeler, in 1769. 

TEMPLE, AARON (s. of Isaac) m. Elizabeth, D. of 
Thomas Smith, June 4, 1765. Chil. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 30, 
1766 ; Francis, March 4, 1767 ; Joshua, Jan. 30, 1769 ; Mary, 



450 FAMILY REGISTER. 

July 28, 1772 ; Lydia, Feb. C, 1775 ; Emery, April 16, 1777 ] 
Jonas, Nov. 3, 1779; Lucy, Sept. 18, 17S2; Zcbina, Dec. 

6, I7S4. 

TEMPLE, BENJAMIN (s. sup. of Abraham, of Concord; 
if so, he was b. in 1690) whose wife was Hannah, probably a 
2(1 wife, had Richard, b. July 6, 1736, and bap. here, also his 
wife, Hannah, June 26, 1737 ; Jemima, b. May 25, 1738, and 
m. James Mahony, (Mahan) in 1766 ; Timothy, March 31, 
1742 ; Abigail, Jan. 29, 1745 ; Solomon, July 23, 1746; Amos, 
May 12, 1748, and, perhaps others, before he came here. 

Benjamin Temple, the father of these chil. was probably the 
Benjamin Temple of Concord, who m. Abigail Waite of Wes- 
ton, Sept. 18, 17 IS. 

TEMPLE, TIMOTHY (s. of the preceding) whose wife was 
Deborah, had Parny, b. Dec. 21, 1769; Benjamin, March 21, 
1772; J^/^•-aie/A, March 24, 1774; Lucy, Sept. 18, 177G ; 
Abigail, April 25, 1778 ; Am,os, Sept. 17, 1734, and d. infant ; 
Mary, June 17, 1780. 

Most, if not all of the Temple families before mentioned, lived 
in the N. P., and in that part of it, now West Boylston. 

TEMPLE, JOSEPH (s. of Abraham* and Elizabeth) m. 
Mary Wliiitemore, and came here from Grafton, but when un- 
known. He d. here about 1796 ; neither his death, nor that of 
his wife is on record hero ; his age then would have been about 
64 ; his wife, Mary, survived him several years. Chil., as on 
record here, Sarah, b. Aug. 27, 1757, and m. Benjamin Pratt, 
in 1776; iliary, Sept. 10, 1760, and m. Benjamin Lyman of 
Halifax, Vt., Aug. 22, 1782 ; Joseph Straiton, June 27, 1762 ; 
Aaron, Sept. 17, 1764 ; Anna, Oct. 19, 1766, and m. Joshua 



* He was bro. of Isaac, who settled in the N. I'., and b. in 1708. His wife was 
Elizabeth. They had three chil. b. in Marlboro', Joseph, in 1732; Jonathan, in 
1735 ; and Sarah, in 1737. The parents removed to Graftou; where thej' had Ab- 
!a«r, and perhaps other chil. b, to them. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 45 i 

Winchester of Marlboro', Vi., Fqb. 24, 1793; Kosivell, Aug. 
15, 1769, and m. Elizabeth, D. of Benjamin Baker, Jan. 20, 
1792, and settled in New York. 

TEMPLE, JOSEPH S. (s. of Joseph) m. Susannah, D. of 
Silas Henienway, Oct. 16, 1786, and lived on the homestead. 
She d. Jan. 16, 1815, aged 44. Chil. Lucinda, b. May 6, 
1787, and m. Martin Harrington, in 1808; Mary, Sept. 29, 
1789, and m. Isaiah Munroe, in ISII ; Ethan, July 13, 1792 •, 
Jonas, Dec. 15, 1794 ; Susanna, June IS, 1797, and m. Aus- 
tin Sawyer, in 1816 ; Clarissa, April 21, 1800, and d. Jan. 26, 
i8l5 ; Joseph, May 28, 1803 ; Lucy Hcmenivay, Aug. 15, 
1807, and ni. America Wheeler of Bollon, Oct. 12, 1826. 

The 2d wife of Joseph S. Temple was Submit Goodenow, a 
wid. of Grafton, whom he m. May 3, 1817, and d. Nov. 13, 
1 833, aged 76. Cliild, Dennis Goodenow, b. June 15, 1819, 
and rn. Caroline, D. of Luke Harrington. 

TEMPLE, ETHAN (?. cf the preceding) m. Catharine, 
D. of Stephen Johnson, in 18-21. Chil. Nancy Maria, b. Nov. 
26, 1822 ; and Otis Albert, June 12, 1826. 

TEMPLE, JONAS (bro. of Edian) m. Relief, D. of Calvin 
Sawyer, Dec. 4, 1317. Chil. Luther, and Eliza Ellcry. 

TEMPLE, JOSEPH (bro. of Ethan) m. Ruth Parker, D. 
of Calvin Sawyer, April 29, 1828, and lives on the homestead. 
Chil. Lucy Maria, b. June 14, 1829 ; Franklin Sawyer, June 
13, 1834; Elizabeth Submit, May 31, 1833. 

TEMPLE, AARON (s. of Joseph) m. Lydia Gleason of 
Holden ; where he lived a few years, and then removed to Gard- 
ner, and d. there. Chil. Lydia, who m. Maj. Cutler Pond of 
Franklin ; Mary, who m. Josiah Bartlett of Southboro'; Judith, 
who rn. John Haven of Hollif-ton ; Jason, who m. Haimah Ba- 
con of Framingham ; Alice, who m. Dr. Levi Rawson of Graf- 



452 FAMILY REGISTER. 

ton, in 1S2G ; Rebecca, who m. E ihu Cutler of Holllston ; Anna, 
who m. Alden Leland of Holliston. 



TAINTOR, (Tayntor,) JOHN, b. 1716, (s. of Joseph and 
Thankful of Marlboro', and sup. g. s. of Benjamin and Mary, 
who were livino in Sudbury, in 1691, a descendant of Joseph of 
Watertown, who shared in the division of Sudbury meadows in 
163S) m. Sarah Newton, of and in Marlboro', May 20, 1741. 
They were ad. to this chh. in 1742, and dis. to the'chh. in Wood- 
stock, Ct., in 1751. Chil. as on record here, Miriam, b. March 
11, 174-2; Allbovin, on the toum, and Allovin, on the chh. re- 
cord, a son, b. July 29, 1743 ; Joseph, Jan. 17, 1745 ; Wil- 
liam, Sept. 17, 1740; Jedediah, July 14, 1748. 

TAYNTOR, BENJAMIN (bro. of John) b. 1733, m. Sa- 
rah Brigliam of and in Marlboro', June 4, 1755, and had Sarah, 
b. March 12, 1756, who m. Ebenezer Rice, bro. of the late 
Elijah Rice of this town ; Miriam, April 28, 1758 ; Anna So- 
phia, June 19, 1760, who in. Cyrus Kingsbury of Worcester, 
in 1786 ; the two first were bap. here, in 1759. 

TOWNSEND, JOSHUA wliose wife was Mary, was prob- 
ably from Northboro'. He wns living in the N. P., on house lot 
No. 43, in 1762. Chil. Reuben, b. Aug. 23, 1758; Mary, 
April 14, 1762; Zipporah, June 24, 1764; Lucij, Feb. 19, 
1769; Achsah, July 27, 1772; Ruth, Oct. 28, 1774. 

Priscilla Townsend m. Caleb Kendall, Dec. 8, 1773. 
Hannah Townsend m. Richard Murphy of Rutland, in 1774. 
Zilpah Townsend was pub. to Jonas Rice of Ashburnham, 
May 10, 1779. 

TOWNSEND, TIMOTHY and his wife, her name is not 
on record here, were from Hopkinton, and came here about 1812, 
and, a few years after, returned there. Their D. Pamelia, m. 
Dana Munroe, in 1814 ; ^xxdFanny, Emery Harrington, in 1813. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 453 

THOMAS, ODOARDO (s. of William Thomas and Lydia 
Eager of Marlboro', m. June 19, 1721) b. in 1731, rn. Hannah 
Morse, July 21, 1757. They were both then called of this 
town. Their s. John, was bap. here, July 9, 1758 ; Lydia, bap. 
Feb. 24, 1760; Eber, bap. Dec. 13, 1761; Joseph, bap. 
March 20, 1763. 

TOMLIN,* ISAAC (s. of Isaac, Jun. of Westboro') b. in 
1732, m. Lois, D. of Israel Allen, June 7, 1757, and had John, 
b. in Westboro', March Ki, 1758, and bap. here May 21 of that 
year. The parents resided here a short time, and then removed 
to Spencer. 

Their s. John, as sup. m. Abigail Eames, Jan. 31, 1782. 

TUCKER, JEDEDIAH, and his wife, Joanna, were proba- 
bly from Dedham, and came here with a family of chil. about 
1755. The following are sup. to have been liis chil., and to 
have come here with their [)arents : The six first named, have 
not their births recorded here, and perhaps they were not in this 
order. Jedediah ; Joanna, who m. Nathan Wait of Leicester, 
April 25, 1765; Cloe, who m. Joel Green of Leicester, Sept. 
24, 1761 ; Jemima, who m. Daniel Holden, Aug. 20, 1766; 
Mary, who m. Jacob Kent of Leicester, May 23, 1773 ; Olive, 
who m. Samuel VV^akefield, Feb. 8, 1776 ; Daniel, b. Nov. 9, 
and bap. here, Nov. 21, 1756. Their mother d. here, Jan. 14, 
1759, aged 44. 



* Isaac Tomlin of Brookfield, and Mary Wait of Marlboro', were m. in Marl- 
boro', Dec. 10, 1696, and had Isaac, b. there, in 1697, and Hezckiah, in 1700, who 
lived on Tomlin hill, since so called, then within the limits of Westboro', and ad- 
joining Shrewsbury, and d. in 1749. Their father, Deac. Isaac d. in Westboro', 
June 24. 1745; he lived on the farm of the late Deac. Isaac Davis ; his wife Mary, 
is sup. to have d. Nov. 16, 1723. 

Isaac Tomlin, Jun., m. Martha JNewton in Marlboro', Sept. 29, 1721 ; she was 
then called of Shrewsbury; she d. in Westboro', Jan. 21, 1722, aged 24. He m. 
Jemima Weeks in and of Marlboro', May 19, 1730, and d. in Westboro', in 1739, 
leaving sons, Isaac, b. in 1732, and John, in 1734. This name is written variously— 
Tomlin, Tomblin, and Tombolin. 



454 FAMILY REGISTER. 

He m. Elizabeth Lynde, a vvid. of Worcester, in 1761 ; and 
in 1767, he was ad. to this chh. from that in Dedham, and his 
wife, Elizabeth, at the same time from the chh. in Worcester.* 
She d. Aug. 5, 1790. 

He next m. Hannah, vvid. of Ephraim Smith, Nov. 16, 1790; 
'^ his age, 78, her age 77." — Marriage Rec. She d. Feb. 13, 
1796, aged 82. 

He was published to Elizabeth Cooiidge of Northboro', in 
Sept. 1796, and m. her there. " Strange, that desire should so 
long outlive perfoi'mance.'^ He removed lo Boylston, and lived 
with his g. s., Jedediah, and d. there, at the age of nearly one 
hundred years. 

Elizabeth Tucker, who d. here, Nov. 6, 1823, aged 82, was 
probably his wid. 

TUCKER, JEDEDIAH, Jun. (s. of the preceding) m. 
Lucy, D. of Maj. Joseph Mixer, Oct. 4, 1763, and lived on the 
homestead adjoining the place of the late Ephraim Hapgood. 
Chil. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 18, 1763, and sup. m. Solomon Fes- 
senden of Halifax, Vt., Jan. 17, 1786; Luci/, Oct. 13, 1765, 
and m. Stephen Pratt, Sept. 8, 1783; Joanna, Oct. 27, 1767, 
and sup. m. Ashur Smith, in 1791 ; in the marriage record she 
is called Anna; there is no record of an Anna Tucker, among 
the births here; Jedediah, Dec. 17, 1769; Daiiiel, May 18, 
1772, and pub. to Sarah Harris, of this town, Dec. 9, 1791 ; 
Caleb, Oct. 15, 1774, and m. Catharine, D. sup. of Silvanus 
Billings of Northboro', in 1797; 31ary, March 13, 1776, and 
m. Stephen Oliver, in 1798 ; Sarah, June 16, 1779, and m. 
Oliver Chickering, in 1799; Lydia, h?ip. May 19, 1782, and 
m. John Tenny of Northboro', in 1803. The death of his wife, 
Lucy, is not on record here. 



"In 1765, " Jedfidiah Tucker and Jonathan Wheelock were chosen by the chh. 
to set the psalm in public worship. First Sabbath in March, 1791, began to sing 
Dr. W^atts' version of Fsalms and Hymns.'' — Clth. Record. 

Tate and Brady's was reluctantly given up. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 455 

He m. Elizabeth Goulding, wid. of Abel, March 9, 1824. 
She d. Aug. 24, 1S25, aged 76, and he, Dec. 3, 1827, aged 83. 

TUCKER, DAlMEL (s. of Jedediah, Sen.) m. Rachel, D. 
of Samuel Noyes, March 11, 1777. She d. Sept. 28, 1834, 
aged 77^. J\o record here of his death. Chil. Joanna, b. June 
20, 1778, and m. Vashni Pratt, in 1793 ; Noyes, Feb. 27, 1781 ; 
Silence, April 9, 1785, and m. Siniei Whitney of New Marl- 
boro', Vt. ; E'idy, Sept. 27, 1787 ; Erastiis, Oct. 13, 1793, and 
in. Mary Gates of Worcester, in 1819. 

TUCKER, JEDEDIAH, (s. of Jedediah, Jun.) m. Sarah, 

D. of Benjamin Baker, Feb. 19, 1797. Child, Benjamin Ba- 
ker, b. July 18, 1797. Removed to Boylston. 

TTJCKER, NOYES (s. of Daniel and Rachel) m. here, 
Lydia, D. of Barna Bigelow of Brookfield, Vt., May 26, 1805. 
Child, Hannah, b. Jan. 10, 1806. He removed to Bridport, 
Vt., where he was killed by the fall of a tree. 

TUCKER, EDDY (bro. of the preceding) m. Elizabeth 
Carpenter of Bratileboro', Vt., in 1813. They were ad. to this 
chh. in 1823; he soon after withdrew from it, and joined the 
Baptists. Chil. Mary Elmira, b. April 3, 1817, and m. Rufus 

E. Goodenow ; Dexter Mills, Aug. 24, 1819; fVilliam Otis, 
Jan. 20, 1822; Benjamin Eddy, May 13, 1826. 

TUCKER, BENJAMIN B. (s. of Jededfaii, who settled in 
Boylston) whose wife was Eliza M., had Eliza Ann, b. May 
15,' 1821 ; Charles S. Oct. 12, 1823 ; Alfred, May 29, 1825; 
Smith, March 8, 1828; Martin T., April 15, 1830; all proba- 
bly in Boylston ; Laura^ here, Feb. 6, 1835 ; Joseph, March 8, 
1837 ; Jane, Nov. 23, 1839 ; and John, June 9, 1841. 

TOWER, JOSEPH, whose wife was Hepzibah, had Lau- 
rana, b. June 24, 1763. 

THURSTON, JONATHAN m.Lois, D. of Cyrus Wheeler, 
Blay 5, 1773, and had Luther, b. Oct. 13, 1775. 



456 FAMILY REGISTER. 

TOMBS, DANIEL, whose wife was Lydia, had Lewis, b. 
Sept. I, 1775 ; no record here of publishment or marriage. He 
was pub. to Catharine Graves, in 1773. See Crispus Graves, 

TAFT, JOHiN m. Eunice, D. of Aaron Smith, Au§. 27, 
1795 ; he was then called of Northboro'. He d. here, Aug. 6, 
1822, aged 51, Chil. (births not on record here) Elizabeth, 
who m. a Barber, and next, a Wilson, and d. a wid. at Lech- 
mere's Point, Cambridge, about 1834 ; Henry, who went to 
Long Island, N. Y., m. and settled there. 

Eunice, the wid. of John Taft, soon after his death, removed 
to Lechmere's Point, where a s. of her's d. a few years before 
her death, which occurred in 1S30. 

TEAD, NATHANIEL, whose wife was Sarah, hved a few 
years on the place, that was formerly Daniel Holden's, and where 
John Mason, Jun., afterwards lived. Chil. Georgiana, b. Oct, 
20, 1826; Mary Henrietta, June 29, 1829. Removed to 
Worcester. 

UNDERWOOD,* TIMOTHY m. Mary, D. of Jonathan 
Adams, in 1791, and lived a iew years on the homestead with 
her Hitiier, and afterwards where Samuel Whitney now lives, and 
from there he removed to Northboro', where he d. about I8285 
his aH;e not far from 70. Chil. as on record here, Elizabeth 

Noyes, b. June 1, 1792, and m. Maynard of Northboro' ; 

Persis Baker, Oct 27,1793; Mary Buckiy, Dec. 6, 1795; 
Hannah, April 30, 1797, and d. infant; Hannah, Feb. 20, 
1799, and m. VVareham D. Rand. 



* He was probably a descendant of William Underwood, who was in Concord in 
1639, and had a D. Rereiembrance, b. there in that year, who m. Josiah Richardson, 
in 1G59. He removed to Chelmsford, probably that part now W^estford, where he 
had Samuel, b. in 1655, and others, and where some of his descendants were living 
at a late period. The immediate ancestor of Timothy Underwood is unknown. 
He may have been the s. of Timothy Underwood, who m. Susannah Bond in Sud- 
bury, in 1753. 

In 1787, he was pnying his addresses to Elizabeth Noyes, D. of Daniel; they 
were expecting soon to be married, when her health declined, and consumption 



FAMILY REGISTER. 457 

marked her for ita own. He watched at her bed side day and night, without inter* 
mission ; all importunities to have him seek some rest, were unavailing. She died. 
A kind of lethargy, produced by long lost .sleep, came upon him, and continued 
through liTe. 

He followed teaming many years to Providence, Boston, thence into JN. H., as 
far as Hanover — much of the time asleep, sometimes, on his load, at others, on the 
pole of his wagon, behind his horses, and at other times, while walking by the side 
of his team j yet it is not known, that, under these circumstances, he ever received 
any injury. He would fall asleep while counting money, and in a few moments 
rouse up and proceed from where he had seemingly left off; the larger the amount, 
the oftener this would happen ; yet he made no mistakes. His memory was remark- 
ably good. He will long be remembered on his teaming route, and here, as "sleepy 
Underwood ;" a designation first given him by those, who knew him least, and 
least of all, the cause of his lethargy*. 

He was a worthy and industrious man, of extensive dealing, and good bodily 
health. His case was a singular one. He called his first child, Elizabeth Noycs, 
and by that name it was baptized here. 

VILAS, SAMUEF^ VV., a Bap. clergyman, was here a short 
time, and while residing here, in 18:22, m. Almira Fitch of 
Leominster. 



WARD, Col. NAHUM (s. of William=^ and Hannah 01" 



* William Ward, b. in Sudbury, in 1640, d. in Marlboro*, in 1697. His wife was 
Hannah, wid. of Gershom Games, and D. sup. of Solomon Johnson of Sudbury, and 
b. in 1656. Eames d. in 1676, leaving Hannah, a wid., then 20 years of age, and 
two daughters, Hannah and Mary. The latter became the wife of the "famous^' 
Maj. John Keycs. 

The chil. of William and Hannah Ward were, William, b. in 1680, afterwards of 
Southboro'; Nahum, in 1684>, and settled in Shrewsbury ; Elisha, in 1686, and was 
killed or carried into captivity by the Indians, Aug. 1708, while riding express from 
Marlboro' to Hadley ; Gershom. who was Rep. in 1733, and d. in Marlboro', unm., 
in 1739 ; and Belhiah, who m. F^.lnathan, s. of Thomas Brigham of Marlboro', prior 
to 1706. They removed to Mansfield, Ct., before 17,33. 

William Ward (father of William, b. in 16 W) with a 2d wife, Elizabeth, and sot- 
eral chil. that came with him from Yorkshire, or Derbyshire, England, settled in 
Sudbury, and had lands assigned to him there, on the 18. 9. 1610 ; made freeman in 
161.3, and was Kep. in leW. He, with 12 others belonging to Sudbury, petitioned 
the General Court, in 1656, for a grant of the township of Marlboro'. 

Sudbury then embraced within its limits, what is now Wayland, and probably 
that pariof I'ramingham, now Saxonville, and although its population in 1656 ia 
not known, it may safely be presumed the number of families did not exceed 75. 
In that petition they say, " whereas your petitioners have lived divers years in Sud- 
bury, and God hath been pleased to increase our children, which are now, divers of 
them grown to man's estato, and we, many of us, grown into years, so thdt we should 
be glad to 9cr them settled, before the Lord take us nway from hence; also, Cod 
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458 FAMILY REGISTER. 

having given us some considerable cattle, so that, we arc so straightened, that we 
cannot so comfortably subsist as could be desired ; and some of us having taken 
some pains lo view the country, we have found a place, which lyeth to the West- 
ward about eight miles from Sudbury, which we conceive might be comfortable for 
our subsistence," &c. 

To us, now on the stage, it would seem they were "straightened" for want of 
neighbors, more than for want of room. 

Their request was granted, " provided it hinders no former grant, and there be a 
town settled there with twenty or more families within three years," &c. In 1G60, 
it was incorporated by the name of Marlboro', and in that year William Ward re- 
moved there, from Sudbury, and was one of the first Deacons of the chh. in that 
place; the Rev. William Brimsniead from Dorchester, being settled there in the 
ministry, having not long before arrived from England. Dea. William Ward d. in 
Marlboro', Aug. 10, lGo7, his age, as near as now can be ascertained, was 87. His 
wid. Elizabeth, d. there, Dec. 9, 1700, in her 87th year. 

His will is dated April 26, 1686. Chil. (no record of the births of those, that 
came from England, is known to exist in this country,) John, b. about 1626, settled 
in Newton, and m. Hannah, D. of Edward Jackson, about 1G50, and d. there, in 
1708, aged 82; Joanna, b. about 1628, m. Abraham Williams, one of the first set- 
tlers of Marlboro', and d. there, his wid., Dec. 8, 1718, aged 00; Hannah, who m. 
Abraham Howe, of VVaterlown, in 1657 ; Deborah, who m. John Johnson of Sudbu- 
ry, in 1657, and d. in 1697 ; Mary, who m. Daniel Stone of Sudbury, in 1667, and d. 
in 170.3; Obediah, who settled in Marlboro', and d. there, in 1718 ; Richard, who m. 
*1Vlary Moore, in 1661, and was drowned in Sudbury river, in 1666, his wid. Mary, 
m. Daniel Howe of Sudbury, in 1677; William, h. in Sudbury, in 1640, and m. Han- 
nah Eames, as before mentioned; Samuel, b. in 1641, settled in Marlboro'; his 
wife, Sarah, d. in 1707; his 2d wife, Elizabeth, whom he m. in 1711, survived him, 
he d. in 1729, aged 88 ; Elizabeth, h. in 1615 ; Increase, b. in 1644, settled in Marl- 
boro' and d. there, in 1690; his wife was Record , his s., Thomas, lived on 

the place, since belonging to Asaph Rice of and in JNorthboro'; another s., Oliver, 
whose wife was Hannah Brigham, lived JNorth of Cold Harbor meadows, in JNorlh- 
boro' ; Hopestill, b. in 1646 ; and Eleuzer, who m. Hannah, D. of Deac. Caleb Rice 
of Marlboro', in 1675, and was killed by the Indians upon the road between Marl- 
boro' and Sudbury, in April, 1676 ; his wid., Hannah, m. Richard Taylor of Sudbu- 
ry, in 1677. 

Of the descendants of the first William Ward, their marriages, when, and with 
whom, their places of residence, deaths, children's names, &,c., I have a very full 
account, and, at some future day, may put it to the press ; not that it will interest 
the public in general, however much its perusal may those, who have descended 
from him, and are now scattered abroad throughout the land. 

Marlboro') b. 1684, m. Marlbs, D. of Daniel Howe and Eliza- 
beth Kerly of Marlboro', July 6, 1714, in Boston ; the record of 
their marriage is in the latter place, and may not be correct as to 
the year of their marriage. He is sup. to have lived in Boston 
a short time before he settled here. He was one of the proprie- 
tors of this township, and had .house lot No. 8, granted to him in 



FAMILY REGISTER. 459 

1718, but was living here, as sup., before that period, and near 
where Jonas Stone now lives. He was one of the IG founders 
of this chh, to which his wife Martha, was ad. in 17:27. He was 
the first Rep, to the General Court from this town. When he 
removed to what has since been known as the Baldwin Place, is 
unknown. In 1745, he was appointed a Justice of the C. C. 
Pleas, for the Co. of Worcester, in which office he d. May 7, 
1754, aged 70; his wid. Martha, d. July 1, 1755, aged 68, 
Chil. Nahiim, b. according to the record here, INI arch 29, 1713, 
probably in Boston, or Marlboro' ; Benjamin, in IMarlboro', April 
19, 1716, so recorded there and here, and d. here, April 22, 
1717; his is the earliest death on the town records ; Perns, 
April H, 1718, and m. Bezaleel Eager of Westboro', that pare 
since Northboro', Feb. 22, 1735 ; he lived on the farm after- 
wards belonging to his g. s. the late Col. William Eager of INorth- 
faoro' ; they had Francis, b. 173S ; Nahum, 1739 ; Eber, 1742; 
Persis, 1744, d. 1746; Persis, 1747 ; Ward, 1750; Oliver, 
1753, d. 1756; Martha, 1756, d. infant; Oliver, 1758. As 
several of their first chil. were bap. in this chh., the parents prob- 
ably attended public worship here. Ithamar, Dec. 28, 1721, 
and returning from sea, d. unm. on Governor's Island, Boston 
Harbor, of small pox, previous to the death of his father ; Mar- 
tha, Dec. 19, 1724, and lived many years with her nephew, 
Francis Eager of Northboro', where she d. unm. July 2, 1794, but 
buried here ; Artemas, Nov, 27, 1727 ; Elisha, Aug. 30, 1733. 

WARD, NAHUM (s. of Col. Nahum) m. Lydia Stearns, in 
Boston, according to the record there, July 29, 1731. His age 
was but 18 at that time, if b. in 1713; where the error is, if 
any, is past finding out. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits, 
went to the Island of Jamaica, and d. there, in Nov. 1738, as 
appears of record in the Probate oflice, in Boston, leaving in 
Boston, besides his wife, Lydia, two daughters, Lydia and Lucre- 
tia, Lydia m. John Chandler of Petersham, April 11, 1766, 
father of John, late of Petersham, and of Nathaniel, of Lancas- 
ter; Lucretia m. Dr. Joshua Willard of Petersham, Jan. 1, 
1757 ; they were the parents of 1 1 chil., of whom, Samuel m. 



460 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Lucinda Knowlton, in 1791, and Sophia, Calvin Knowlton, Esq. 
of Newfane, Vt., in 1792, cliil. of Luke, s. of Deac. Ezekiel 
Knowlton of this town; Elizabeth, sister of Sophia, ni. Reuben 
Atwater of Westminster, Vt., in 1792, and her sister, Lucy, 
Maj. Samuel B. Sheldon of Vt., in 1794. 

WARD, ELISHz\ (s. of Col. Nahum) although younger than 
Artemas, is placed here, rather than break the long descending 
line of Artemas, or postpone Elisha to the end of it. He m. 
Mary, D. of Henry Baldwin, April 7, 1763, and removed to 
Petersham, in 17G4, where he d. Dec. 9, 1S02, in his 70ih year, 
and his wid., Mary, Feb. 23, 1811, in her 6Sth year. Chil. 
Nnhiim, b. June 4, 1764, m. Deborah Gleason of Petersham, 
June 3, 1792, and d. Oct, 5, 1812; William, June 8, 1767; 
Henry, May 12, 1770. 

WARD, WILLIAM (s. of Elisha,) m. Susannah Sander- 
son of Petersham, and d. Dec. 10, 1827, aged 60. Chil. 31ary 
J., b. March 30, 1797 ; Elisha, Jan. 30, 1501 ; Lucretia, Jan. 
1 8 If 04; Harriet, Dec. 13, 1805, and d. March 9, 1836 ; 
Jonathan, May 5, 1S07. 

WARD, HENRY, Esq. (s. of Elisha) m. Mary Sanderson 
of Petersham, in 1807. Chil. Henry Baldwin, b. May 23, 
1808; John Sanderson, March 29,1810; Eliza, March 8, 
1812; Susan, Jan. 15, 1814, and d. infant; SusaJi, William, 
and Mary. Removed from PetersJiam to JNIontague. 

WARD, ARTEMAS, Major General* (s. of Col. Nahum) 
grad. H. U., 1748, m. Sarah, D. of Rev. Caleb Trobridge f 



* A brief biography of him may be found in the appendix, letter (A.) 
t Caleb, b. 1692, was the s. and youngest of 14 chil.. by two wives, of Deac. James 
Trobridge of Newton, who removed there from Dorchester, where he first m. in 
1659. Caleb m. Sarah Oliver, in 1715, and Hannah, the mother of his children, in 
1717, D. of the Rev. Nehemiah Walter of Roxbury ; whose wife was Sarah, D. of 
the Rev. Increase Mather, D. D. of Boston, whose wife was Maria, D. of the Rev. 
John Cotton of Boston, s. of Roland Cotton, aad b. in 1585, and came from Eng- 
Jaad to Boston, in 1633, and d. in 1652. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 461 

of Groton, July 31, 1750. They were ad. to thischh. in 1751 ; 
he studied no profession ; lived and kept a store in the house, 
the first in which the Rev. Mr. Sumner lived after his settlement 
here, and where most of his children were b. ; about 1763, he 
removed to the place now of Thomas VV. Ward, Esq., where he 
d, Oct. 27, 1800, aged 73 ; and his wife, Sarah, Dec. 13, 1788, 
aged 63. Chil. Ithamar, b. April 24, 1752; Nahum, Aug. 12, 
1754, and d. a Captain in the Continental service, in Boston, iinm. 
March 7, 1778; Sarah, July 28, 1756, and m. Hon. Ehjah 
Brigham of Westboro', Dec, 16 1792, and d. there, Feb. 3, 
1838, aged 81 ; Judge Brigham d. at Washington, Mem. Con., 
Feb. 2-2,1816, aged 64; [they had Ann Maria, b. July 14, 
1794, and m.EbenezerM. E^hiliipsof Westboro', Oct. 12, 1S18; 
Sarali Sophronia, Dec. 22, 1795, and d. Dec. 3, 1810; Dana 
Ward, xMarch 9, 1797, and d. Nov. 23, 1830 ; Susanna Wal- 
ter, May 4, 1798, and d. Dec. 24, 1S25; Catharine Martha, 
Jan. 21, 1801, and m. George H.Lowe;] Tliomas Walter, 
Aug. 10, 1758 ; Martha, March 28, 1764, and d. nnm. July 25, 
1781 ; Artemas, Jan. 9, 1762 ; Maria, Dec. 12, 1764, and m. 
Dr. Ebenezer Tracy of Middietown, Ct., Jan. 14, 1790, where 
she d. Oct. 6, 1833; [their chil. were Maria Ward, Sarah, Jane, 
JMartlia, Eliza, Henry Dana, Samuel Franklin, Julia, and Emily;] 
Henry Dana, Feb. 6, 1768. 

WARD, ITHAMAR, Esq. (s. of Gen. Artemas) m. Phebe, 
D. of Stephen Parker, Dec. 7, 1773, and removed to Gerry, 
now Phillipston, where his wife, Phebe, d. June 6, 1789, aged 34. 
Chil. Elizabeth, b. July 12, 1779, and m. Nathaniel White, in 
1800 ; Nahum, April 27, 1781, m. Dinah Rich, in 1807, and d. 
in 1838; Walter, April 10, 1783, m. Mary Stratlon, in 1810, 
and removed about 1835, to Marietta, Ohio. 

Ithamar Ward m. Anna Powers, in 1790; she d. Dec. 21, 
1794. Chil. Phebe, b. June 27, 1791, and m. Thacher Rich, 
in 1817 ; and Benjamin, Jan. 25, 1793, who settled in Rindge, 
N. H., in the practice of the law, m. and d. there, Feb. 1828. 

The 3d wife of Ithamar Ward was Sarah Parker, whom he m. 
Jan. 27, 1796 ; he was Rep. in 1806, and d, July 2, 1828, aged 



462 FAMILY REGISTER. 

76, and his vvid., Sarah, Aug. 31, 1841, aged 77. Chil. Anna, 
b. Sept. 1, 1797; Artemas, Aug. 7, 1800; ^Sara/t, Jan. 16, 
1802 ; and Trobridge, Sept. 4, 1806. 

WARD, THOMAS W., Esq. (bro. of the preceding) m. 
Elizabeth, b. March 1, 1760, D. of Col. Samuel Denny of 
Leicester, Nov. 28, 1782 ; appointed Sheriff of the County of 
Worcester, in 1805, resigned in 1824, and d. Aug. 20, 1835, 
aged 77 ; he often expressed his great satisfaction, that in all that 
time, he never had occasion to take the life of a fellow being in 
execution of the laws of this Commonwealth ; a duty, that de 
volved upon his successor immediately after his appointment 
His wid., Elizabeth, d. Nov. IS, 1846, in her 87th year. Chil 
Andrew Henshaiv, b. May 26, 1784 ; Nahum, Oct. 25, 1785 : 
Harriet, Oct. 6, 1787, and m. William Williams of Pomfret, Ct 
in 1817 ; Joseph, Aug. 18, 1789, and d. unm. Oct. 2, 1821 
Artemas, March 21, 1791, and d. unm. Dec. 31, 1816 ; Eliza 
beth Denny, Sept. 25, 1793, and m. Nathan Baldwin, in 1817 
Henry Dana, Jan. 13, 1797 ; Thomas Walter, Nov. 27, 1798 
Sarah Henshaiv, Nov. 3, 1 800, and m. Benjamin Perkins Put 
nam, Esq. of Marietta, Ohio, Oct. 3, 1824, where he d. Jan. 2, 
1825, aged 25 ; Caroline, Jan. 28, 1802, and m. Benjamin Per- 
kins Dix of Groton, Dec. 30, 1830; their chil. are Benjamin 
Ward, Sarah Elizabeth, Henry Dana, and Alfred Perkins. 

WARD, Hon. ARTEMAS (bro. of the preceding) grad. 
H. U., 1783, m. Catharine Maria, D. of Hon. Samuel Dexter,* 
and settled in Weston, in the practice of the law, which town he 
represented in the General Court. After some years, he remov- 
ed to Charlestown, and was several years a member of the Ex- 
ecutive Council ; thence to Boston, where he was elected and re- 
elected a member of Congress, and subsequently appointed Chief 
Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, throughout the 
State. His wife, Catharine Maria, d. in Boston, March II, 



* He was the s. of the Rev. Samuel Dexter of Dedham. who was a grad. H. U., 
1720, and ordained to the ministry there, in May, 1724, and d. Jan. 29, 1765. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 463 

1818, aged 57. He yet survives. ChW. Samuel Dexter ; Cath- 
arine Maria, who m. Samuel B. Barrell, INov. 10, 1824 ; Fraji- 
ces Fidelia, who m. the Rev. Alvan Lamson, D. D., of Ded- 
ham, July 25, 1825; Henry Artemas ; John and Charles 
Trobridge. 

WARD, Hon. HENRY D. (bro. of the preceding) grad. 
H. U., 1791, settled in the practice of the law at Columbia, S. 
C, and m. Maria Eliza Smith of Camden, July 17, 1798. He 
survived a 2d wife, and d. at Middletown, Ct., Aug. 20, JS17, 
aged 49, leaving one child, Henry Dana Artemas, who, a grad. 
of Y. C, m. his cousin, Eliza Tracy of Middletown, and d. in 
S. C, leaving one child, Henry Dana Artemas, recently a grad, 
of Y. C. 

WARD, ANDREW H., Esq. (5. of Thomas W.) grad. H. 
U., 1808, m. Sarah, D. of David Henshaw, Esq. of Leicester^ 
in 1809, settled here, in the practice of the law, in ISll ; they 
were ad. to this chh. in 1812, and in May, 1829, removed 
to Boston, and thence, in April, 1842, to Newton. Chil. Sarah- 
Ann Henshaw, b. Sept. 28, 1809, and m. Francis Sumner Car- 
ruth of Boston, July 7, 1831 ; [their chil. were, Francis Ward,, 
b. Aug. 4, 1832, and d. Aug. 6, 1833 ; Francis Ward, July 2,. 
1834, and d. Oct. 1835 ; Sarah Henshaw, Nov. 12, 183G ; An- 
drew, Oct. 30, 1838, and d. Feb. 11, 1839; William Ward,. 
April 8, 1840; Antoinette Hale, Nov. 4, 1842 ; Emily Frances 
and Frances Emily, Feb. 23, 1845 ;] William, July 16, 1812 ; 
Joseph Walter, July 2, 1814 ; John Tucker, June 4, 1816, and 
d. in Boston, Nov. 2, 1840; Eliza Maria Antoinette, Feb. 8, 
1818, d. Oct. 16, 1821; Frances Caroline Augusta, Feb. 2, 
1820, and d. Oct. 23, 1821; Frances Antoinette Elizabeth, 
April 19, 1822, and m. Joseph Lewis Danforth of Louisville, 
Kentucky, [grad. H. U., 1839,] May 12, 1845. Child, Flor- 
ence Ward, b. April 26, 184G; Andrew Henshaw, Jan. 28, 
1824 ; David Henshaw, June 23, 1830. 

WARD, NAHUM, Esq. (bro. of the preceding) removed 
to Marietta, Ohio, in 1811, since IMayor of that city, and there 



464 FAMILY REGISTER. 

m. Sarah Catharine, D. of William Skinner, Esq., Dec. 3, 1817. 
She d. there, Aug. 4, 1844. Chii. Sarah Catharine, b. March 
18, 1819; Ann Maria Skinner, Sept. 30, 1820, and d. Aug^ 
11, 1839, aged 19; William Skinner, Feb. 12, 1822 ; Marr/ 
Elizabeth, Jan. 12, 1824 ; George Washington Lafayette, Sept. 
29, 1825. and d. Aug. 27, 1826; Harriet Caroline, Nov. 6, 
1826; and Henrietta Dana, March 31, 1830. 

WARD, Rev. Hfc:NRY DANA (bro, of the preceding) 
grad. H. U., 1816, m. in New York, Abigail Porter, D. of 
Samuel Jones, Esq. of Lebanon Springs. She d. in New York, 
Dec. 23, 1837; no issue. In June, 1842, he m. in Virginia, 
Charlotte, D. of Richard Golbraith, Esq. of Dublin, in Ireland, 
and settled, an Episcopal clergyman, in Portsmouth, Kenhavva 
Co. Va. in 1845. Cbil. Henry Dana Artemas, b. March 9, 
1843; and Charlotte Elizabeth, Dec. 6, 1845. 

WARD, THOMAS W. Esq. (bro. of the preceding) m. 
Harriet P. Grosvenor of Pomfret, Ct., April 6, 1825, and lives 
on the homestead. Chil. Samuel Denny, b. April 3, 1826; Arte- 
mas, July 16, 1828, and d. Oct. 29, 1833 ; Charles Grosvenor, 
Dec. 30, 1829; Ellen Grosvenor, Jan. 18,1832; Thomas 
Walter, July 6, 1834; Elizabeth, Dec. 18, 1840; Harriet^ 
June 27, 1843. 

WARD, WILLIAM (s. of Andrew H.) m. Mary Leffing- 
well, D. of Joshua, and g. D. of David Henshaw, Esq., of 
Leicester, Sept. 10, 1838. Chil. Elizabeth, b. July 15, 1839, 
and d. infant ; William Lejfingwell, June 28, 1841 ; Flor- 
ence, Aug. 11, 1843, and d. Dec. 20, 1844; i^/ore;zce, March 
8, 1847. 

WARD, JOSEPH W. (bro. of the preceding) m. Catha- 
rine Mary, D. of Benjamin B. Appleton, Esq. of Boston, June 22, 
1841. Chil. John Tucker, b. July 29, 1842 ; Ca'harine Ap- 
pleton, May 12, 1844 ; Josej)h Walter, May 2(5, 1817, 



FAMILY REGISTER. 465 

WARD, JONAS from Worcester, (s. sup. of Richard Ward 
and Lydia Wlieelock, who were m. in Sudbury, Jan. 1, 1719, 
and settled in Worcester. Richard was s. of Obediah, of Sud- 
bury, who m. Joanna Harrington of Watertown, Dec. 20, 1G93, 
and g. s. of Richard Ward, who was drowned in Sud. river, in 
1666,) b. Jan. 1, 1720, m. Abigail, D. of John Child of New- 
ton, and came here with a family before 17.38, and settled in the 
I\. P. Chil. as recorded in Worcester, John, b. July 13, 1744, 
and d. infant; John, June 10, 1746; Abigail, June iO, 1743. 

In 1751, he appears to have had a 2d wife, Elizabeth, and 
chil. b. there as follows : Elizabeth and Catharine, July 9, 
1751 ; the former d. infant, the latter, and called of this town, 
m. Thomas Clark of Worcester, in 1774 ; Dolly, Aug. 1, 1755. 

His first appearance on the records here, was in 1759, with a 
wife, Abigail, sup. his 3d wife. Their chil., as on record here, 
were Rufus, b. Jan. 6, 1759; Thadclcus, Sept. 22, 1761 ; Lu~ 
cretia, Aug. 16, 17G4. There is no record here of the death of 
his wife, Abigail. He next m. Sarah Draper of Worcester, in 
1768. Their chil. as recorded here were, Daniel, b. Sept. 14, 
1769; Sarah, June 19, 1771, and d. infant; Sarah, March 
21, 1774. 

WARD, JONAS, Jun. (perhaps s. of the preceding) m* 
Levinah, D. of Joseph Glazier, in 1770, and lived in the N. P. 
Chil. Annis, b. Aug. 13, 1770; and Eunice Glazier, Sept. 
8, 1772. 

A John Ward, called of this town, perhaps s. of Jonas, Sen. was 
pub. to Mind well Harrington of Worcester, in 1774. 

WHEELOCK, Deac. SAMUEL, whose wife was Lydia, 
came iiere from Marlboro', before 1720; most of his chil. also 
came here with him. He was one of the founders, and one of the 
first Deacons of this chh., to which his wife, Lydia, was ad. in 
1724. He was living on house lot, No. 26, in 1729. His chil. as 
recorded in Marlboro', were *SWwj?<e/, b. in 1696; Martha, 1698, 
and here m. Ephraim Pratt, in 1724, who d, in Shutesburv. ax 
59 



466 FAMILY REGISTER, 

the age of 116 years; Elizabeth, in 1700, and m. Israel Allen, 
in 1728 ; Hannah, m 1701 ; Tamar, in 1704, and here m. Eb- 
enezer Keyes, in WZG ; Mary, in 1706, and here ni. Eli Keyes, 
in 1734 ; Daniel, in 1708 ; Lois, in 1710, and here m. Cyrus 
Wheeler, in 174G; Rachel, in 1714, and perhaps m. Daniel 
Willard of Worcester, March 2, 1743. He- also had Gershom, 
but, as he is not on the Marlboro' record, he may have been b. 
elsewhere, before the parents settled there. 

A Samuel Wheelock d. here, according to the record, April 8, 
1756 ; his age not stated, nor is he called Deacon. The late 
Deac. Gershom Wheelock, informed me, that " Deac. Samuel 
Wheelock attained to a good old age, and that he believed he d. 
in this town." The death of his wife, Lydia, is not on record 
here. 

WHEELOCK,* Capt. GERSHOM, (s. of Deac. Samuel) 
m. Abigail Flagg of and in Marlboro', Jan. 1, 1719. She was 
ad. to this chh. in 1728, and d. Oct. 17, 1762, aged 69. Chil. 
Abigail, b. Jan. 23, 1721, and m. Daniel Potter of Brookfield, 
(previously of this town) Oct. 14, 1745, where she d. in 1805, 
aged 84 ; Patience, Feb. 13, 1723; David, Sept. 14, 1724; 
Gershotn, March 8, 1725; Jonathan, Sepi. 18, 1727; Gideon, 
March 5, 1129^, anxl d. young ; Grace, July 7, 1730, and sup. 
d. young-. 



* He is said to have been the first of the faimly, who settled here, if not the first 
eettler in this town. He erected a house between where the houses now are of 
Joseph Nurse and the hite Daniel Mayiiard, and on the saine side of the road. 
There he made improvements and spent one winter alone. He is said to have 
been of a cheerful disposition, and, that while here solitary and alone, he slept nioft 
in his log house, drawing the ladder up after him at night, and whistling a tunc in 
the morning before leaving his bed. 

His father vvith his family moved there, from Marlboro', the next spring, and, 
being owner of the land, he was accounted the first settler. Having been burnt out 
there, they removed to house lot. No, 26 ; of which he received soon after a deed 
of gifi from his father, bearing date in 1720. 

He was one of the four first appointed sergeants in the military coaipany when 
ferst organized in this tov/a. He was afterwards Ensign, Lieutenant, and in 171'2, 
commisaioned a Captain in the Rtglment commanded by Col r^o.hum Ward. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 467 

He next m. Elizabeth, the wid. of Daniel Rice, May 19, 17G4, 
•and d. JMaicli 16, 1770, aged 77. 

WHEELOCK, DAVID (s. of Capt. Gershom) whose wife 
was Phebe, had Submit, b. Jan. 2, 1751, and d. infant; Gideon^ 
May 29, 1752; Aaron, Jan. 30, 1756, and d. in 1758 ; Jacob, 
Nov. 21, 1757, and d. infant. Removed to Hardvvick, where 
he d. in 1S04, aged SO. 

WHEELOCK, GERSHOM, Jr. (bro. of the preceding) m. 
Susannah, D. of Deac. Ezekiel Knovvlton, March 15, 1757, and 
lived on the homestead. They were ad. to this chh. in 1758. 
He d. Jan. 1, 1806, aged 80, and his wid. Susatina, Jan. 14, 
1814, aged 78. Chil. Asa, b. June 10, 175S ; Gershom, Feb. 
7, 1761; Susanna, "^ow. 17, 1762, and ni. Barlow Carpenter 
of Wardsboro', Vt., Feb. 6, 1S03 ; Abigail, Sept. 30, 1765, 
and m. Daniel Harris of Wardsboro', Feb. 24, 1783 ; Elizabeth, 
Feb. 6, 1769, and m. Capt. John Rice, in 1790 ; Martha, April 
25, 1772, and d. unrn. Aug. 28, 1840; Alice, June 9, 1777, 
and d. in 1778. 

WHEELOCK, JONATHAN (bro. of the preceding) ra. 
Anna, D. of Daniel Drury, June 20, 1753. They were ad. to 
this chh. in 1757. Chil. Jonathan, b. Feb. 25, 1754; Anna, 
March 23, 1756; Zeruiah, Feb. 12, 1758; Ebenezcr, June 4, 
1760; Jotham, Aug. 26, 1763 ; Joseph Drury, Nov. 3, 1770 ; 
John Gleason, Feb. 10, 1774. 

The parents with their seven chil. removed to Peterboro', N. 
H., in 1775, thence, after other removes, to Cavendish, Vt., 
where he d. about 1797, aged 70. 

WHEELOCK, ASA (s. of Gershom, Jun.) m. Lucy, D. 
of Deac. Benjamin Maynard, June 24, 1788, and settled in 
Wardsboro', Vt. She d. there. Their chil. b. there are said to 
have been Henry, Erastus, and Lucy, who m. Dr. Warren of 
that town. 



468 FAMILY REGISTER. 

He next rn. Reed of Worcester, and d. in Wardsbo- 

•ro', in iS43j aged 85. Cliil. said to have been, Eliza, Mary, 
and Emery. 

VVHEELOCK, Deac. GERSHOM (bro. of the preceding) 
•jn. Miriam, D. of Joseph Eager of Boylston, Dec. 4, 1811. 
They were ad. to this chh. in 1813. He hved on the home- 
stead, and d. July 10, 1841, aged SO. ChiL Luke Morgan, b. 
Aug. 29, 1 814, and Erastus, July 22, 1818. These sons hve 
on the homestead of their first ancestor, who setded in this town. 

WHEDLOCR, SAMUEL, m. Huldah Rice of Westboro', 
Feb. 15, 1720, and sup. came here from Marlboro'. She was 
ad. to this chh. in 1724. He viay have been the Samuel, b. in 
1696, s. of Deac. Samuel ; but as no relationship has been known 
to be claimed or exist between this family and those of the de- 
scendants of Deac. Samuel, he was probably of another family ; 
yet — in absence of other considerations, it might be taken for 
granted, that he was the s. of Deac. Samuel ; and it may have 
been he, and 7iot Deac. Samuel Wheelock, who d. in 1756; if 
not, his death is not on record here, nor is that of his wife, Hul- 
dah. Their chil. as recorded here, were, Nahor, b. Nov. 6, 
1721 ; Timothy, June 24, 1724 ; Paul, June 26, 1727 ; Sam- 
tiel, April 23, 1729, and m. Dorcas Perry of Worcester, in 1754 ; 
Fersis, Sept. 19, 1732, and sup. ni. Ezekiel Newton, in 1755 ; 
Huldah, July 20, 1741, and m. Timothy Newton, Feb. 10, 
1763. 

WHEELOCK, NAHOR (s. of the preceding) m. Abigail 
Williams, Dec. 16, 1747, and lived in quhe the South part of the 
town, as probably did his father. Chil. Huldah, b. Nov. 9, 
1748 ; Stephen, Feb. 22, 1751 ; Eliab, Aug. 26, 1753 ; LycHa, 
June 17, 1756 ; Silas, May 10 1759; Ezra, Feb. 27, 1762 ; 
Joshua, April 1, 1765 ; Abigail, Feb. 26, 1770. 

The death of Nahor Wheelock is not on record here. His 
wid. Abigail m. Daniel Hemenvvay in 1783. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 469 

WHEELOCK, TIMOTHY (bro. of the preceding) m. 
Sarah, D. of Daniel Rand, Oct. 22, 1747. Chil. Sarah, b. 
Aug. 21, 1743 ; Jonas, Oct. 19, 1750, and d. April 11, 1764 ; 
Phcbe, June 18, 1753, and d. in 1758; Timothy, Jane 12, 
1756; Joe/, July 8, 1758 j Ithamar, Feb. 28, 17G1 ; Leivis, 
Aug. 19, 1763 ; Phebe, Jan. 9, 1766. 

Removed to New Ipswich, N, H., with his fainiiy, but when, 
unknown, and where his wife, Sarah, probably, deceased. He 
returned here and m. Abigail, wid. of Joseph Sherman, Jun., July 
;iO, 1782, and lived at the now southern extremity of the town, 
and on the road to Grafton, where he d. April 14, 1812, aged 
S8 ; his wife, Abigail, d. in 1307. Chil. Joseph and Sarah, 
b. June 29, 1783; the former m. Judith Foster of Grafton, 
in 1306. 

WHEELOCK, PAUL (bro. of the above) whose wife was 
Thankful, had Paul, b. Oct. 6, 1750 ; Rhoda, May 12, 1752; 
Samuel, May 6, 1755; Mary, Jan. 8, 1758. Removed to Sut- 
ton, that part now Millbury, and lived with, and outlived his son, 
Paul, and d. there, it is said, in 1824, aged 97. 

WHEELOCK, STEPHEN (s. of Nahor) m. Lucretia, D. 
of Elisha Newton, Jan. 18, 1774. Child, Emery, b. Nov. 
20, 1775. 

WHEELOCK, SILAS (s. of Nahor) m. Anna, D. of Thomas 
Whitney, in 1783, and d. Feb. 24, 1842, aged 83 ; and his wife, 
Anna, one day previous, aged 78. Chil. Silas, b. May 12, 1784; 
Thomas, July 9, 1786, and m. Sarah Nurse Fairbank, of Graf- 
ton, in 1808; Elizabeth, March 12, 1739, and m. Elijah Har- 
rington, Jun., in 1810; Anna, June 18, 1791, and m. Ezra 
Phillips, in 1809; Lucy, Nov. 15, 1793, and m. Dr. Stephen 
Cuder of Grafton ; Edward Flint, Aug. 22, 1796, and m. Han- 
nah Warren of Westboro', Dec. 23, 1821 ; Zadock Putnam, 
March 21, 1799, d. infant; Mary on the record of births, [per- 
haps should be Martha,] Williams, May 6, 1800, and m. James 



470 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Wheeler ; Hannah, May 21 , 1803, and m. Jolin French ; Rinda, 
Mnrcli 17, 1805, an J in. Willard Warren of Grafton, Dec. 
1, 1825. 

WHEELOCK, EZRA (s. of Nahor, whose wife was Vashti, 
had Ezra, b. Sept. II, 17S7 ; John Green, March — , 1790; 
Sherman, Dec. 27. 179^; Vashti, Nov. 4, 1793. 

His deatl) is not on record here. His wid. Vashti, m. Daniel 
W^illington of Worcester, in 1801. 

WHEELOCK, JOSRUA (s. of Nahor) m. Sarah Warren, 
April 5, 1790, lived on the Island, and d. Nov. 28, 1831, aged 
66^, and his wid. Sarah, Dec. 1, 1831, aged 61, and both buried 
at one time, and in one grave, as was liis bro. Silas and his wife. 
Chil. Nahor, b. July 14, 1790; Sarah, Nov. 3, 1791, and m. 
Gardner Goddard, in 1S09; Samuel Warren, Jan. 30, 1799, 
went to Grafion, and m. Fay of Southboro'. 

W^HEELOCK, SILAS, Jun. (s. of Silas) m. Mary, D. of 
Lewis Smith, Sept. 9, 1809. She d. Sept. 1, 1819, aged 28. 
Chil. lllnda, b. Sept 5, 1810, and m. John Smith of Northboro'; 
JSathan Smith, Feb, 27, 1814. 

WHEELOCK, EZRA (s. of Ezra) whose wife was Hannah 
Croxford of Worcester, d. here, Feb. 26, 1841, aged 53, having 
had Lucy, b. Sept. 29, 1809. No others on record. 

WHEELOCK, SHERMAN (s. of Ezra) whose wife was 
Nancy, had Sarah HoIdtn,h. Dec. 26, 1815 ; and John Green, 
March 31, 1818. 

WHEELOCK, ABRAHAM (s. of Eliab, and g. s. of Na- 
hor) m. Catharine Hill, D. of Joseplj- Pratt, Sept. 26, 1830; 
She d. Sept. 20, 1833, aged 34. 'Chil. Mart/ Elizabeth, b. 
Sept. 6, 1831; Henry Lincoln, Jan. 14, 1833; Albert G., 
April 10, 1836. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 471 

WHEELOCK, Dr. SILAS (from Northbridge) m. Hannah, 
D. of Aflatn Harrington, Dec. 7, 1 800, and d. here, Aug. 28, 
1317, aged 48, and his wid. Hannah, in Dec. 1B4G, in her 65lh 
year. Chil. Luther, b. Jan. 16, 1802, and d. April 22, 1820 ; 
Clarendon, June 2, 1804, and m. Abigail Wilder Fairbank of 
Northboro', Sept. 1828, and removed to Worcester ; Harriet, 
Nov. 17, 1806, and nti. Heniy Snow, in 1824; Eliza, Feb. 8, 
1809, and m. Oliver Harrington, in 1828. 

WHEELOCK, Capt. GERSHOM, 2d, and his wife Pris- 
cilla, were from Medfield ; she d. here, Sept. 7, 1845, aged 67. 
Cfjil. as on record here, Eleazer, b. Feb. 23, 1807 ; Abigail 

Adams, Sept. 1, 1 SOS, and m. Dewing of Norwich, Ct. ; 

Thomas Prentice, Oct. 5, 1813, and m. Elizabeth Allen of 
Grafton; Sarah Ellis, Sept. 30, 1815; Amos 31a&07i, A[m\ 
25, 1818; Sarah, Sept. 3, 1820. 

WHEELOCK, ZIMlll (from Northboro') m. Saral) Miller, 
D. Ephraim Sever, in 1826, and had Jo/vi Bucklin, b. Oct, 
29^, 1826. 

WHEELER,* JOHN (s. of John and Elizabeth, of Marl- 



•Thomas Wheeler was in Concord with s family, in 1610, and in 1G73, accom- 
panied Capt. Hutchinson, himself then a Captain, with about twenty troops, to 
Quaboag, now Brookfield, to treat with the Indians. They were there drawn into 
ambush, and suddenly fired upon as with a shower of hail, by the perfidious Indians, 
and eight of their number instantly killed, viz ; Zachariah Phillips of Bo-ston, Tim- 
othy Farlow of Billerica, Edward Colburn of Chelmsford, Samuel Smedly of Con- 
cord, Sydrach Hapgood of Sudbury, Sergeant Eyeres, now written Ayres. Sergeant 
I'richard, and corporal Coy, inhabiJants of Brookfield; and five others wounded 3 
of these was Capt. Hutchinson, mortally, and d. soon after. Capt. Wheeler was 
sorely wounded, had his horse shot under him, and, when near being despatched by 
the enemy, was rescued by his son, Thomas, he also was wouwled, who placed his 
father upon a horse, whose rider was slain, and both succeeded by llight, in saving 
their lives. Capt. Wheeler d. in Concord in ]C7(J. His s. Thomas, whose wife 
was Hannah, had John, b. in Concord, in 1G61, who there m Elizabeth Wells. 25. 
4. 1681, and perhaps had chil. b. there, but soon after settled in Rlarlboro', whera 
ha d. in 1721. His chil as recorded in Marlboro', were .John, b. in IGD-j, who set- 
tled in Shrewsbury ; Martha, in I69S; Joseph, in 1700 ; F.phraiiti, in 1702. and also- 
settled here j and Daniel, in 171)1. 



472 FAMILY REGISTER, 

boro') b. in 1695, m. Mary, b. in 1694, D. of Thomas Hap- 
good of Marlboro', (and sister of Thomas Hapgood who sealed 
here) Oct. 8, 1717, in Marlboro', and, as appears by the record 
there, had Cyrus, b. in 1717, and Darius, in 1719, and soon 
after removed to this town. His wife, Mary, was ad. to this chh. 
in 1730. Chil. as on recoid here, and probably b. here, Jona- 
than, b. June 22, 1720, and sup. settled in Grafton ; Thomas, 
Jan. 5, 1721, Lydia, March 25, J 722, m. William I\orcross, 
Nov. 6, 1741 ; Josiah, Oct. 7, 1723; Hezedinh, Feb. IG, 
1725, (the first of his chil. bap. here) and m. David Taylor, in 
1746 ; Martha, Oct. 2, 1726 ; Philemon, April 11, 1728, and 
d. in 1729 ; Persis, Oct. 6, 1729, ad. to chh. in 1748, and m. 
John Baker, Jun., in 1754; Azubah, Sept. 3, 1731, and m. 
Peter [perhaps Foster] Larkin of Lancaster, April 4, 1751 ; 
Damaris, Aug. 17, 1733, and m. John Barr of New Braintree, 
Oct. 25, 1751 ; John, Sept. 7, 1735; Mary, Oct. 7, 1737; 
Hepzibah, July 16, 1739. 

There is no record here of the death of either of the parents. 

WHEELER, CYRUS (s. of John and Mary) m. Lois, D. 
of Deac. Samuel Wheelock, May 1, 1746 ; they were ad. to 
this chh. in 1765. He d. here, Feb. 19, 1732, aged 05. The 
death of his wife is not on record here. ChiL Solomon, b. Feb. 
22, 1747 ; Artemas, Dec. 5, 1748 ; Lois, April 22, 1753, and 
m. Jonathan Thurston, May 5, 1773, and Samuel Rawson, May 
10, 1781, and removed to New York. 

WHEELER, JOSIAH (bro. of the preceding) m. Eliza- 
beth Bailey, Feb. 2S, 1744. Chil. as on record here, Darius, 
b. May 25, 1745 ; Hepzibah, Oct. 27, 1746. 

WHEELER, JOHN Jun. (bro. of the preceding) m. Jedi- 
dab, D. of Samuel Bigelow, April CO, 1760. They were ad to 
this chh. in 1765. Chil. Darivs, b. March 11, 1761 ; Susanna, 
Dec. 31, 1762 ; Thomas, Jan, 27. 1765 ; 31ary, Oct. 12, 1767 ; 
Elizabeth, Feb, 2G, 1769; Catharine, bap. Sept, 8, 1771. 
" The parents were dismi.?sedj in 1774, to the covenanting breth- 



FAMILY REGISTER. 473 

ren in Nevvfane, Vt., in order to be formed into a chh. state 
there." lie was at Fort William Henry, at the time of the 
memorable and unparalleled massacre of the English and Pro- 
vincial troops, by the Indians, in 1757, after its surrender to Mont- 
calm, the French commander. 

WHEELER, SOLOMON, (s. of Cyrus) m. Zipporah Har- 
rington of Grafton, Aug. 26, 1771, Chil. 31oscs and Zipporah, 
h. March 19, 1772 ; Aaron, bap. March 27, 1774. Removed, 
sup. to Vermont. 

WHEELER, ARTEMAS (bro. of the preceding) m. Lu- 
cretia, D. of Gideon Howe, March 25, 1775. Chil. Eber, h. 
Nov. 6, 177S, and drowned in Jordan pond, July 19, 1794; 
Nathan, Oct. 24, 1781, and m. Susanna Heard of Worcester, 
in 1805 ; Leonard, Aug. 27, 1783 ; Lncreiia, Nov. 24, 1785 ; 
Daniel, Sept. 25, 1787; Nahum, Aug. 21, 1789; Joel, Septo 
10, 1791, and d. infant; Joel, Oct. 15, 1792; Eb-er, June 
10, 1796 ; Damaris, Aug. 22, 1798; Sarah, Dec. 30, ISOL 
Removed to Vermont. 

WHEELER, LEONARD (s. of Ariemas) m. Hannah 
Hemenway of and in Vt. Her death is not on record here^ 
their child, Leonard Hemenway, was bap. here, June 23, 181 J-, 
" on the deceased mother's account ; she was a member of a chh. 
in Shoreham, Vt." The father m. Dolly, D.of John H. Howe, 
Jan. 29, 1821, and returned to Vt. 

WHEELER, EPHRAJM (s. of John and Elizabeth of Mark 
boro') b. in 1702, m. Miriam Martin, Dec. 30, 1730 ; they were 
^hen both called of this town. She was ad. to this chh. in 1734, 
and d. July 9, 1756 ; and he, April 29, 1755 ; heir ages are not; 
recorded ; but his, according to his birth, was about 53. Chil. 
Adam, b. April 29, 1732, and sup. m. Mercy, D. of Isaac Whee- 
]er of Rutland, an early settler there from Medfield, Nov. 17j 
1763, and settled in Hubbardston, where he was a Deacon of 
l\\e chh., a Captain in the Continental army, and afterwards, ift 
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474 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Shaysavmy; Ephraim, March 12, 1734; Daniel, bap. June 
6, 1736 ; Dinah, Aug. 12, 1739, and m. Aaron Smith, in 1757 ; 
Miriam, Sept. I,- 1742, and m. Asa Rice, in 1763; Elizabeth, 
bap. Oct. 28, 1744, and m. Asa Snaith, in 1764 ; Aaron, b. 
Oct. 10, 1747. 

WHEELER, EPHRAIM (s. of Ephraim) m. Azubah, D. 
of Abraham Eager, JN'ov. 4, 1761. Chil. Catharine, b. June 
10, 17G2; Sarah, March 23, 1764; Annis, July 16, 1767. 
The death of his wife, Azubah, is not on record here. He m. 
Elizabeth, wid. of Francis Temple, March 22, 1769. 

WHEELER, AARON (bro. of the preceding^) m. Ruth, 
wid. of Samuel Brltton, Jun., and D. of Stephen Parker, Nov. 
14, 17 4, and d. June 23, 1821, aged 75 ; and his wife, Ruth, 
March 26, 1813, aged 65, Chil. Abigail, b. Oct. 17, 1785, 
and m. John Tufts, Jun. of Charlestown, in 1806 ; 31iriam,Jan. 
19, 1788. 

WHEELER, LEMUEL and his wife Levinah, came here 
from Marlboro', about 1814. She was. ad. to this chh. in 181 5- 
Chil. (no births on record here,) George, bap. Oct. 20, 1816 ; 
Lorenzo Williams, bap. Nov. 21, 1819; Levinah Ann, bap. 
Sept. 9, 1821. The father soon after returned to Marlboro'. 

WHITNEY, SAMUEL of Weston, m. Elizabeth Hastings 
of Watertovvn, April 7, 1735. They came here, sup. about 
1743, with a family of chil. ; of whom were Samuel ; Eliza- 
beth, who m. Joseph Mixer, Jun., In 1754 ; Nathaniel, who d. 
here, Nov. 19, 1744; Lydia, who d. here, Oct. 3, 1745 ; their 
ages are not recorded, nor are the births of any of them on re- 
cord here. The parents were ad. to this chh. from that in Wes- 
ton, n 1761, lived on the place afterwards belonging to the late 
John. Bellows, and where he d. Aug. 2, 1788, aged 77 ; no re- 
cord of the death of his wife, Elizabeth. Chil. as on record 
here, Lucy, b. Aug. 27, 1744, and m. Asaph Sherman of Graf- 
ton, July 14, 1762 ; LySia, June 1, l'X46, and m. William Brit- 



FAMILY REGISTER. 475 

ton of Rutland, Nov. 3, 1767 ; Susannah, Feb. 20, 1748, and 
m, John Bellov/3, Jun. of Southboro', Oct. 4, 176S, who after- 
vvards settled here; Nathaniel, IVlay 30, 1749, and m. Mary- 
Houghton of Lancaster, Jan. 21, 1771 ; Jonas, June 14, 1751, 
and m. Tamar Houghton, sister of his brother's wife, Jan. II, 
1773 ; Sarah, bap. July 15, 1753, and m. John Fisher fjyon, in 
1777 ; Eliphalct, bap. May 4, 1757, and m. Lois Houghton of 
Lancaster, probably sister of his brother's wives, Aug. 12, 1776 ; 
Martha, bap. Aug. 5, 1759. 

The three last named sons with their wives removed, it is said, 
to New Marlboro', Vt., and settled there. 

Susanna Whitney, perhaps a sister of Samuel, m, John Guil- 
ford of Leicester, June 26, 1750. 

Hannah Whitney m. Joseph Bellows of Southboro', Feb. 17, 
1785 : he was bro. of John, who settled here. 

WHITNEY, SAMUEL, Jun. (3. of Samuel) m. Phebe, D. 
of Isaac Harrington of Grafton, in 17G2 ; she was sister of Capt. 
Isaac, of this town. Chil. Catharine, b. May 5, 1763 ; EUz- 
abeih, An^. 26, 17G4 ; 31oses, Oct. 20, 1765, and d. infant j 
3Ioses, Jan. 26, 1767 ; Guilford, Jan. 2, 1769. 

He removed with his family to New Marlboro', Vt. 

WHITNEY, DANIEL (sup. from Waltham or vicinity, and 
perhaps bro. of Samuel) ra. here. Thankful, D. of Elnathan and 
Mary Allen, March, 1739, and lived in the N. P., on the place 
of the late Nathan Bannister, deceased. Neither his, nor her 
death is on record here. He was one of the highway surveyors 
in 1760. Chil. Levi, b. Dec. 5, 1739, and sup. m, Lydia Rice 
of Townsend, in 1780 ; Timothj, Oct. 25, 1743; Daniel, Sept. 
4, 1746; Sarah, Sept. 9, 1749, and m. Nathan Bannister of 
Brookfield, afterwards of this town, in 1769. 

WHITNEY, TIMOTHY (s. of Daniel) m. Catharine, D. 
of Nathaniel Davenport, Dec. 1, 1768, and lived in the N. P. 
Chil. as on record here, Lucy, b. March 23, 1769 ; SkadracJc, 
Oct. 6, 1770; Levi, Aug. 9, 1772; Mary, Jan. 7, 1774; 



476 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Catharine, Oct. 10, 1777, and d. infant ; Catharine^ Feb. 15, 
1779; Timothy, June 25, 1783 ; John, April G, 1785. 

WHITNEY, DANIEL Jun. (s. of Daniel) m. Catharine 
Stone of the "County Gore," in 1771, and sup. lived in the N. P. 
Chil. Jonah, b. Sept. 3, 1772 j Isaac, Oct. 17, 1774; Sarah, 
July 21, 1776 ; Daniel, Sept. 4, 1777. This family is sup. to 
have removed to Marlboro', where Daniel and Catharine Whit-^ 
ney had Luther, b. in 1781 ; John Stone, m 1783, and ffiUianif 
ig 1785. 

WHITNEY, * THOMAS. The first I find of him is in 
Westboro', where he was pub. to Anna Gould of that town, Feb. 
24, 1753; he was then called of Shrewsbury. They were m<, 
and lived in " the Shoe," adjoining Westboro'. Chil. as on record 
here; Timothy, b. Nov. 29, 1753 ; Sarah, Nov. 21, 1756, and 
m. Jonas Hemenway, in 1780 ; Elijah, April 21, 1761 ; Anna, 
May 24, 1764, and m. Silas Wheelock, in 1783 ; John Smith, 
Dec. 4, 1768; Jonah, Aug. 25, 1771. Thomas, the father, 
was ad. to this chh. in 1784, and d. in Westboro', according to 
the record there, April 25, 1806, and his wid., Anna, Aug. lO, 
1812. Their ases not recorded. 



^3^ 



WHITNEY, ELIJAH (s. of Thomas) m. Mindvvell Hardy 
of Westboro', May 29, 1785, and had Azubah, b. Oct. 13, 1785. 
He was set off with his farm to Westboro', in 1793, where he d. 
Aug. 24, 1817, aged 56. 

WHITNEY, JOHN S. (s. of Thomas) m. Susanna, D. of 
Peac. William Knowlton, in 1793. Chil. William Knowlton, 
b. April 5, 1795, at Westboro', but recorded here ; Artemas 
Hammond, Jan. 14, 1797 ; Josejih Hastings, Feb. 25, 1799. 

* What relation existed between Thomas, and the before mentioned Samuel and 
!/aniel, or either of them with the other, is not known. Probably all of the name, 
m JN. E., have one common ancestor in this country, in John, of Watertown, who 
was made freeman, in 1636, and d. in 1673, aged 84. Six of his sons had families 
in Watertown. From this stock, are numerous descendants; of them was Daniel, 
who had a family of chil. in Weston, before 1722, but the names of his chil. are as 
yst unknown to me. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 477 

WHITNEY, JONAH (s. of Thomas) m. Anna, D. of Gid- 
con Rider, May 21, 1797, and was then of Weslboro', where he 
was killed in the removal of a building, Oct. 13, 1810, aged 39, 
leaving a D. Phila ; and perhaps other children. 

WHITNEY, JOSEPH H. (from Westboro', s. of John S.) 
m. Lucy, D. of Nathaniel Green, Jan, 5, 1817. Chil. Lorenzo, 
b. May 4, 1817; and Martha Maria, April 13, 1824. 

WHITNEY, SAMUEL, and his wife Fanny Hudson, came 
here from Harvard or vicinity, about 1823. She d. Oct. 10, 
1826, aged 43. Chil. as recorded here; Abigail Cutler, h. 
Jan. 25, 1813 ; Adnline Hudson, May 9, 1815 ; David Austin, 
Aug. 1, 1816 ; William, Sept. 6, 181 8 ; Fanny, June 7, 1 820 ; 
Robert Hudson, Aug. 23, 1822; Mary Ann, Jan. 23, 18-25. 

His 2d wife was Lydia Whitney, whom he m. April 1, 1828. 
Chil. Sarah Elizabeth, b. April 8, 1832, and George Francis, 
June 18, 18.34. 

WILDER, JOSHUA (probably from Lancaster) m. Sarah, 
D. of Maj, John Keyes, Dec. 21, 1731 ; he was then called of 
Shrewsbury. She was ad. to this chh.in 1723. Chil. Rosinah, 
b. July 1, 1732 ; the only one, whose birth is on record here; 
John, bap. Dec. 4, 1748. As there is no record here of the 
baptism of the D., it is sup. she lived but a short time, and as 
there is no other record of the s., than that he was bap. here, it 
is not probable he was b. in this town. Joshua Wilder was one 
of the first settlers in Princeton. 

WILLARD, DANIEL (sup. a descendant of the distinguish- 
ed Maj. Simon VVillard * of Lancaster) m. Rachel Wheelock of 

* He d. in 167G. In 1713, the Gen. Court granted, upon the petition of his sonfl 
and grandsons, to them and their representatives and associates, 92160 acres of 
land, now lying partly in Rutland. Amon;; the proprietors having one share each, 
were his sons Simon, John, Benjamin and .loseph, then living, and the heirs of Jo- 
siah, of the Rev. Samuel, of Henry, of Daniel, and of Jonathan, his deceased sons. 
This grant was twelve miles sqaare, and divided into 33 shares. It is said by Jonae 
Reed, in his History of Rutland, that this grant comprised what is now Rutland, 
Oakham, Birre, Hubbardston, the greatest part of Princeton, and about one half 
of Paxton. 



478 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Worcester, March 2, 1743. She d. here, March 18, — , aged 49, 
The year of her death cannot be ascertained ; but it will be seen, 
that it was after 1757, and before 1764. Chil. Asahel, b, March 
16, 1746; Daniel, Feb. 25, 1748; Samuel, March 26, 1749; 
Ruel, Oct. 16, 1752 ; Beriah, May 25, 1755, and d. in 1756 ; 
Beriah, July 9, 1757. They are all recorded as the children of 
Daniel and Rachel Willard. He m. a 2d time. The record 
here is thus: "Ensign Daniel Willard and wid. Elizabeth Bay- 
ley of Marlboro', were m. Nov. 13, 1764." After that period, 
neither he nor any of his family appear on the records here. He 
is sup. to have removed to Greenfield, where his sons Ruel and 
Beriah are next found, and, having families there. 

Justice Willard, a grad. of D. C, in 1811, and s. of Ruel, set- 
tled in Springfield, State Senator, Register of Probate, &c. 

David, a grad. of D. C, 1809, and living in Greenfield, was 
s. of Beriah. 

A Daniel Willard, whose wife was Anna, had Anna, b. in Sud- 
bury, in 1686. 

A Daniel Willard, perhaps die same, with a 2d wife, Elizabeth, 
had Elizabeth, b. there, in 1688. 

WILLARD, JONATHAN (perhaps a bro. of Daniel) whose 
wife was Sarah, had Josiah, b. Sept. 4, 1744, and Samuel, Oct. 
18, 1746. 

WITHERBY,* Capt. SILAS (originally from xMarlboro') 
m. Thankful, probably the D. of Maj. John Keyes, and setded 
first in Grafton. There is no record, here or in xMarlboro', of 
their publishment or marriage. I have said under the head of 
Maj. John Keyes, that his D., Thankful, m. Jonas Keyes, Aug. 
20, 1731 ; that, perhaps, is erroneous, so far as to her being his 



*John Witherbye (this nime is variously written in old records, Witherbee, 
Witherbye, and \Vitberl)y) and his wife, Mary, had Thomas, b. in Sudbury, Jan. 
5, IG78, who m. Hannah Wood of Marlboro', Feb. 20, 1G99, and had Mary, b. in 
1700; Hannah, in 1702 ; Thomas, in 1703j Silas, above mentioned, in 1707} and 
Submit, in 1710, all in Marlboro'. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 479 

D. There is no record here of more than one Thankful Keyes, 
and as a Thankful Keyes m. Jonas Keyes at the time, before 
mentioned, as appears by the marriage records of this town, she 
was taken to have been the D. of Maj. John ; but the chh. re- 
cords, and other evidence lead to a different conclusion, unless 
she was the wid. of Jonas Keyes, when she m. Silas VVitherby, 
and the presumption is strong that such was the fact. Thankful 
Keyes was ad. to this chh. in 1723, and called the D. of. then, 
Cap. John Keyes ; and Thankful Witherby, formerly Keyes, was 
dis. from this, to the chh. in Grafton, in 1741. 

When they removed from Grafton to this town, Is unknown, 
but probably before 17S0, as in that year he was ad. to this chh. 
from that in Grafton. He d. here, March 10, 1783, aged 76, 
and his wife, Thankful, June 17, 1782, aged, as appears of re- 
cord, 73; and consequently b. in 1709, which agrees with Marl- 
boro' record respecting the birth of Thankful, D. of John and 
Mary Keyes. Chil. as on record here, (but probably b. in Graf- 
ton, inasmuch as none of them were bap. here) John Keyes, b. 
Feb. 23, 1743 ; Lcvinah, March 19, 1745, and m. Samuel 
Wilson of Fitzwilliam, N. H., Feb. 1, 1780, and d. there, his 
wid. as is said, in 1838 ; Thomas, Jan. 1, 1747 ; Mary, Feb. 6, 
1749, and m. Leonard Orighain, perhaps of Grafton, in 1774; 
Sarah, June 14, 1753, and m. Azariah Wilson, JNov. 6, 1783'-;. 
he was then of Spencer, and s. of Joseph Wilson, and Grace 
Harrington, and b. Oct 1, 1756. They removed to Fitzwilliam, 
and had, Azariah, grad. H. U. in 1816, Chaplain of the U. So 
frigate Macedonian, Capt. Downs, and d. while in the service, at 
Valparaiso, unm. about 1818 ; his age about 27. 

WITHERBY, JOHN K. (s. of Capt. Silas) m. Levinah, 
D. of Daniel Rand, iMay 3, 1768. Chil. Silas, b. Feb. 20, 
1769, m. Sarah Brigham of and in Westboro', June 3, 1793, 
settled there, and had Mary b. in 1796, Jeremiah, in 1798, Joel, 
in 1800, Jesse Brigham, in 1807, and Esther Louisa, in 1810; 
Danforth, Aug. 28, 1771. The mother d. here June 23, 1775,. 
aged 32. The death of John K. Witherby is not on record 
here. It is said he d. Feb. 5, 1811, his age then was 63. 



480 FAMILY REGISTER. 

WITHERBY, Lt. THOMAS (s. of Capt. Silas) m. Relief 
Heuston of Dunstable, N. H., and settled in Fitzwilliam. He 
removed to this town with his family, about 1777. He was in 
covenant relation with the chh. there, when he left; his wife Re- 
lief was ad. to this chh. in 1783. He d. here, May 9, I8r27, in 
his 81st year ; her death not on record. Chil. as recorded here^ 
heiois, b. Dec. 2, 1770; Jonathan, March 3, 1772; Thomas, 
Feb. 13, 1774 ; Sarah, Dec. 10, 1775, and m. Joseph Merriam, 
3d, of Grafton, Aug. 28, 1794, and had Sarah, Joseph, Hannah, 
John, Charles, and Charlotte. All the before mentioned chil. 
were b. at Fitzwilliam ; Mary, Nov. 1, 1777, and m. Joseph Dis- 
peau of Grafton, May 1, 1796, and had Relief Heuston, John 
Sanborn, and Samuel ; Silas, Jan. 7, 1734. 

WITHERBY, LEWIS (s. of the preceding) m. Huldah, 
D. of Joel, s. of John Wesson of Worcester Gore. Chil. as 
recorded here; Oliver, b. July 21, 1793, and m. M;iry Har- 
rington of Worcester, and had Mary, Sara'i, James, and others; 
Lewis, Aug. 21, 1795, and m. Deborah, D. of Capt. Charles 
Fay, Nov. 17, 1S18, and had Prescott, Cyrus, and Caroline ; 
Hannah, Oct. 2, 1799, and m. James Bensley of Providence, 
and had James and Lambert j Dennis Franklin, March 14, 1814, 
and m. in Southboro'. 

WITHERBY, JONATHAN (bro. of the preceding) m. 
Virtue, D. of Silas Hemenway, Oct. 30, 179G. Chil. Thomas, 
b. April 2, 1797, (the only one on record here) and m. Amelia 
Adams of Aihol, and had Jonathan Gilman, Jane Augusta, Mary 
Relief, Henrietta, Marietta, Ruth and Thomas. The parents 
removed to Brandon, Vt., and had Scth, wijo m. Elizabeth, D. 
of Joseph Williams of Bridport, Vt., to which town the parents 
next removed, and had Levi Jennison, who. m. Mary, D. of 
James Hamilton of Bridport, and had Charles and Eliza ; Reliefs 
who m. Nathan Craft, Jun., s. of Nathan, of Jay, Me., Jan. 15, 
1834 ; they live in Newton, and have Walter, b. in 1836 ; Mary 
Hemenway, who m. Chester Stevens of Templeton. in 1831^ 
and d. June 3, 1843, aged 33, leavins^ Henry, Charles, Buckiin, 



FAMILY REGISTER. 481 

Sarah Hazeltine, and Mary Susanna ; Sarah Merriam, who m. 
Thomas llazeltinc of Barnet, Vt., and d. April 7, 1838, aged 
27 ; iSllas Ilemcmcai/, who m. Sophia Goff of Monroe, N. Y. ; 
Susan Temple, who m. Luke B. VViiherby of this town, in 1837. 

WITHERBY, THOMAS, Jun. (bro. of the preceding) m, 
Susanna, D. of Capt. Thomas Knowlton, June 5, 1800, and 
Hved on the homestead. They were ad. to this chh. in 1823. 
He d. Oct. 16, 1S40, aged 6G, 8 mos. Chih Calvin Knowlton, 
b. Dec. 9, 1800, and d. unm. July 21, 1827 ; Thomas Heuston, 
June 25, 1802 ; Elizabeth, March 3, 1804, ad. to this chh. in 
1823, and m. Elijah A. Brigham, in 1825 ; LulvC Bucklin, Dec. 
17, 1809 ; Jonathan Edwin, Nov. 11, 1815, and d. Dec. 23, 
1836; Susan Relief, Nov. 26, 1818. 

WITHERBY, SILAS (bro. of the preceding) m. Lois, D. 
of Paul Wheelock, Jun. of Millbury, and had Charles Silas, 
Joseph Vernon, Mary Lois, Jonathan Gardner, Charlotte So- 
phia, Reuben Miner, Luther Brigham, Persis Lucretia, Luciu" 
da Relief, and Daniel Thomas. 

WITHERBY, THOMAS H. (s. of Thomas, Jun.) m. Lois 
Muzzy, D. of Ebenezer Drury, Feb. 22, 1824. They were ad. 
to this chh. in 1823, had George Franklin, b. Aug. 25, 1825, 
and removed to Millbury, where she d. in 1S38. 

WITHERBY, LUKE B. (bro. of the preceding) m. his 
cousin, Susan Temple, D. of Jonathan Witherby, lives on the 
homestead, and had George Thomas, b. May 13, 1840. 

WILSON, JOHN, whose wife was Jane, had John, bap. here, 
June 10, 1733, "by virtue of a certificate from Ireland j" and 
Thomas, who was bap. Aug. IS, 1734. 

WILSON, EDWARD, who was ad. to this chh. in 1742, 
and d. here, Jan, 29, 1759, aged 71, is sup. to have been the 
61 



482 FAMILY REGISTER, 

Edward Wilson, whose wife, Hopestill, d. in Marlboro', Jan. — , 
1731, and who there m. Margaret Angler, April 4, 1732. There 
is no record liere of birth or baptism of any of his chil., nor is 
the name of his wife on record here. 

Abigail Wilson, who in. Abiel Bragg, in 1753, and Susanna 
Wilson, who m. John Frost of W' estboro', June 2, 1757, may 
have been his daughters ; they were of this town. 

WAIT, JASON, whose wife was Mercy, had Sarah, b. May 
9, 1743; and Hejjsibah, Aug. 14, 1745. 

WINCH, DAVID (probably from Framingham) whose wife 
was Naomi, had Rachel, b. June 10, 1754. Sarah Winch, who 
m. Edward Newton, Jun., in 1760, was, is sup. his D. as may 
have been Elizabeth, who m. Richard Stanford of Natick, in 
1764 ; and also. Silence, who m. Ebenezer Belknap of Holden, 
in 1764. 

John Winch was pub. to Kezia Lovell of Hoklen, Oct. 13, 
175S; and Aaron Winch to Rulh Winch of Framingham, 
in 1773. 

WYMAN,* ROSS (from Woburn, whose first wife was a 



* He was a stout, atliletic man, and, previous to the Revolution, while in Bos- 
ton, and in his wagon, came near being seized and carried ofl' by a press-gang from 
a British man-of-war. He resolutely defended himself, and, at length, snatching 
up a cod fish with both hands in the gills, beat tliem off by slapping them in the 
face with its slimy tail ! 

He was a blacksmith by trade, a warm friend to his country, and ever refused to 
do blacksmithing, or other work for a tory. At the commencement of the Revolu- 
tion, Gen. Ward requested him to make him a gun and bayonet of sufficient strength 
for him to pitch a man over his head. He made it to order, and, of horse nail 
stubs ; it was a real king's arm, as a certain hind of musket was called at that day ; 
a valuable piece, and did the country some service. How it had done before, and 
in other hands, is not so well known, but some time after the Revolution, it was, 
when in the writer's hands, many times known to do execution, at one and the 
same time, both in front and 7ear. 

John and Francis VViman, probably brothers, were early settlers in Woburn. 
Fsom one of them, no doubt, descended Robs, who eettled jn Shrev.'6bury. As his 



FAMILY REGISTER. 483 

"iine cannot be traced frnm the records in my possession, I subjoin for the informa- 
tion of such as may desire to search out further particulars, so much from them, aa 
iiere foJlows : 

John VViman and Sarah Nutt were m. in Woburn, 5. 9. IG 14, and had Samuel, b. 
in 1616, and d. in '46; John, in 164C; Solomon, in 1G51; David, in 1G5I-, Elizabeth, 
in 1G35, and d. in 165S ; Bathsheba,in 1650 ; Jonathan, in ICGI ; and Mary, in I674. 
Lt. John Wimaa d. in 168i. 

Francis Wiman and Judith Peirce were m. 30. 10. IGU, and had Judith, b. and 
d. in 1G52; Timothy, b. in IGGl ; Benjamin, in lG7i; and Stephen, in 1676. 

It may be inferred from what follows, that one or both of them had other chil. 

John Wiman and Hannah Farrar were m. in 1G85, and had John.b. in 1G86. She 
•was probably the D. of Thomaa Farrar, who was in Lynn, in 1650, and d. there, 
ta 1691. 

William Wiman had Francis, b. in 1605 ; and Thomas, in 16S7. 

Timothy Wiraan had Hannah, b. in 1688 ; Timotiiy, in 1691 . 

Scth Wiman and Esther Johnson were m. in IGSj, and had Scth, b. in 1G8G ; and 
Esther, in 1688. 

Jacob Wiman and Elizabeth Richardson were m. in 1687. 

Jonatlian Wiman and Hannah Fowle were m. July 31, 1690. 

The foregoing marriages and births are found in Middlesex County Records, as 
transcribed from the records of the town of " Wueburne ;" so written in 1C'14, and 
" Oburne" in 1676. 



Jefls, and d. there,) came here with two chil. Levi and Eliza- 
beth ; Levi m. in Uubbardston, and had a s., Frederick ; Eliza- 
beth m. Hon. John Fessenden of Rutland, (Rep. and Sen.) 
J\ov. 23, 1769, and had John, in 1770; Wynian, in 1772; 
Elizabed), in 1775; Stephen, in 1777 ; Relief, in 1780; Thom- 
as, in 17S3; and Sarah Wedland, in 17S7. J\Jr. Fessenden d. 
April 7, 1793, aged G4. 

Ross Wyman here m. Dinah, D. of William Taylor, April 10, 
1751. She d. Nov. 15, 1759, aged 32 and 8 mos. Chil. Seth, 
h. Dec. 11, 1751, and d. June 6, 1752; Sarah, June 3, 1753, 
and m. Thaddcus Estabrook of Rutland, Dec. 31, 1772, and had 
Susanna and Sarah, and d. young; Catharine, Dec. 9, 1755, 
and m. Jonathan Harrington from Watertovvn, his 2d wife, March 
10, 1779 ; Sah, March 5, 1758. 

The 3d wife of Ross Wyman was Sarah Hagget, a wid. of 
Bradford, whom he m. in 1761 ; and d. Sept. 11, 1808, aged 



484 FAMILY REGISTER. 

92 ; his vvid., Sarah, d. Nov. 30, 180S, aged 83. Chil. Olive, 
who m. John Lake Whiting, in 17S2 j Susaniia, hap. Sept. 30, 
17G1, and d. infant. 

WYMAN, Col. SETH (s. of Ross) m. Mary Brown of Ips- 
wich, (probably New Ipswich, N, H.) sis. of the wife of Simon 
Maynard, in 1782, settled in Buckland, and returned here with 
a family, about 17SS. He d. here on the homestead, Dec. 29, 
1827, aged 69 and 9 mos. ; his wid. Mary, Jan. 15, 1829, 
aged 71, Chil. as recorded here, Sarah, b. June 9, 1784, and 
m. Sylvanus Billings, Jan.; Ross, July 7, 1785, and d. here, 
unm., March 2, 1834 ; Seth, July 23, 1787 ; all at Buckland. 
Oliver, here, April 9, 1789; Mary, Feb. 28, 1791, and m. 
Calvin Howe, in 1815; Clarissa, April 7, 1793, and m. William 
Johnson of Shoreham, Vt. ; Levi, Nov. 25, 1795. 

WYMAN, SETH Jun. (s. of Col. Seth) m. Nancy, D. of 
John Baker, Nov. 28, 1816, and lives on the homestead. Chil. 
John Baker, b. July 12, 1317 ; Charles Dexter, Sept. 12, 
1820 ; Jayic Caroline, Sept. 6, 1822 ; JSancy Baker, June 28, 
1824; Oliver Brown, Sq^L 16, 1826; Lucy Maria, March 
30, 1830 ; Seth Henry, Aug. 17, 1832 ; Mary Putnam, Aug. 
29, 1834; Sarah Elizabeth, May 8, 1837. 

WYMAN, OLIVER (s. of Col. Seth) m. Hannah Keyes, 
D. of Ebenezer Drury, April 15, 1819, and was drowned at 
Whitehall, Lake Champlain, in the month of Dec. 1825, aged 
36. Chil. Abigail K., and Lucy Ann, both of whom m. in 
Vermont, and where his wid. m. Smith of Brandon. 

WHITTEMORE, NATHANIEL (sup.originaliy from Wes- 
ton or vicinity) m. Sarah, D. of Luke Rice, Aug. 17, 1753 ; 
He was then called of this town. Chil. Sarah, b. July 18, 
1754; Nathaniel, March 9, 1756; Lydia, Feb. 15, 1758; 
Paul, May 24, 1760 ; Eber, April 24, 1762. Nathaniel Whit- 
temore had deceased in 1765. His wid Sarah, m. George Har- 
rington of Brookfield, March 31, 1774. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 485 

This family name appears in the records of Charlestovvn, in 
1670; where Nathaniel and Mary Whittemore had Nathaniel, 
b. Sept. 26, in that year. 

WHITTEMORE, JOEL, (perhaps a bro. of the above) was 
here, in 1753, and m. Rezinah, D. of Daniel Kand, April 28, 
1761. She d. here, Dec. 29, 1768, aged 34 ; he is said to have 
d. young. No births of their chil. on record here. 

A Joel Whittemore, called of this town, was pub. to Hannah 
Allen of Westboro', in 1755, and may have been the preceding. 

Whittemore, Jeremiah, who d. here, June 22, 1844, aged 78, 
m. Mary Washburn of Paxton, Feb. 21, (being his birth day,) 
1792. She d. here, Sept. 24, 1843, aged 73. They probably 
had not resided here many years before their decease. There is 
no record of there having been such a family here previous to 
1829. He was b. in Spencer, Feb. 21, 1766 ; his parents, Jer- 
emiah Whittemore and Mary Carter, both of Weston, were m. 
there, June 2, 1748, and removed to Spencer. 

WALKER, HEZEKIAH, whose wife was Hannah, had 
Elizabeth, b. April 5, 1745. 

Martha Walker, called of this town, m. Stephen Hastings, 
in 1757. 

WRIGHT, JOHN m. Jane Crossett of Templeton, April 
30, 1765, and had Martha, b. Dec. 23, 1765; and Lucij, June 
23, 1767. 

John Wright and Deliverance Houghton were in. here, Sept. 
26, 1781. 

WRIGHT, MOODY, m. Elizabeth B. Barrows, in 1817, 
and had Joseph Moody, b. April 28, 1818, and Augustus War- 
ren, May 31, 1822. Removed to Boylston. 



486 FAMILY REGISTER. 

WOOD, WILLIAM whose wife was Sarah, had Elmer, b. 
Feb. 23, 1787. 

WHITING, JOHN LAKE (sup. from Lancaster) m. Olive, 
D. of Ross Wyman, in 1782. Chil. Relief, b. July 11, 1783, 
and in. Reuben Foster Blood, Feb. 24, 1805 ; Luci/, March 13, 
1785 ; John LctJcc, and others, not on record. 

The parents, with their chil., removed to Lancaster, where he 
deceased. His wid., Ohve, returned and resided here nearly or 
quite 20 years, and d. his wid., xApril 14, 18-12, aged 80. 

WARE, JASON and his wife, Jemima Cowell, were from 
Wrentham. He d. here, Nov. 12, 1836, aged 71. Chil. as on 
record, and probably all b. iiere ; Martha, b. Aug. 23, 1791 ; 
Harriet Jemima, June 3, 1793, a;id m. Franklin Newell of 
Providence, R. I., Nov. 10, 1811; Maria, Dec. 4, 1797; 
Leaiider Merritt, Feb. 16, 1803, and settled in Providence; 
Ann Janettc, who m. Dr. Azor R. Phelps, in 1833; Samuel. 

WILLIAMS, WILLIAI\I (from Pomfret, Ct.) m. Harriet, 
D. of Thomas W. Ward, Esq., IMay 13, 1817. She d. here, 
Nov. 13, 1824, aged 37. Cliil. Artemas, b. March 2, 1818; 
William Gardner, Jan. 20, 1820 ; Thomas Walter, March 
23, 1822. 

He next m. Maria, D. of Isaac Denny, in 182G, and had 
Harriet Ward, b. June 17, 1S27. Removed to Marietta, Ohio, 
about 1833. 

WILLIAMS, Dr. SAMUEL C. (bro. of the preceding) m. 
Rebecca, D. of Edward Sumner of Roxbury, in 1818, and d. 
here, June 14, 1832, aged 43. Chil. Francis Sumner, h. March 
30, 1819, and d. Feb. 4, 1823; Susan Rebecca, Feb. 17, 
1821 ; and d. June 26, 1823; Emeline Sumner, July 19, 1823 ; 
Edward Henry, Nov. 7, 1825, and d. infant; Ann Rebecca, 
Jan. 2, 1828. His wid. Rebecca, m. Adolphus Parrnenter of 
Marlboro', in 1834. 



FAMILY REGISTER. 487 

WHIPPLE, Rev. EDWARDS, from Charlionr, where he 
was ord. to the gospel ministry, Jan. 25, 1804, and dis. in 1820, 
was installed here, colleague Pastor of the Rev. Dr. Sumner, 
Sept. 26, 1821, and d. Sept. 17, 1822, aged 44. His wife was 
Catharine Warner, a wld., her maiden name. Hall. She d. here, 
April 17, 1842, aged 70. IN'o issue. 

WESSON, ABEL (s. of Ahel, of Grafton Gore, whose wife 
was Sarah Drury of Grafton,) lived in this town several years, 
and d. here, April 26, 1832, aged GO. His wife was Jemima 
Mills of Worcester. Of his chil., they are not on record here, 
Samuel, m. Relief, D. of Daniel Smith, Jun., in 1820 ; Phincas, 
m. Lucy, D. of said Smith, in 1824; Ephraim, m. Lucretia, 
D. of John Bellows, Jan., in 1829; Jemima, m. John Johnson, 
in 1816; A^ancv, m. Adam Harrington, 2d, in 1830; and Selena, 
rn. Charles Harrington, in 1829. 

WESSON, THOMAS D. (bro; of the preceding) ra. Lu- 
cinda, D. of Abraham Rogers of Stow, in 1809. Chil. as on 
record here, John Rogers, b. Aug. 10, 1814; Lucinda, Feb. 
15,1818. Removed to Concord. 

Silas Wesson of Grafton, afterwards of Westboro', who m. 
Sarah Rogers of Newton, in 180.3, and John Wesson of Grafton, 
who m. Azubah, D. of Daniel Baker, in 1805, were brothers 
of Abel and Tho;nas D. Wesson. 

DE WiTT,* Dcac. SAMUEL (formerly Witt, and altered 



*JoJm Witt was in Lynn, in 1650. His first wife was Elizabeth, tlic 2d Sarah. 
He d. there in 1675. Or his seven chil. two were sons, John and Tliomas. John 
was one of the Selectmen of Lynn, in 1G92. The next that is found of this family 
name, is in Marlboro', where was Jolin with his v.ife. Wary, having William, b. in- 
1708 ; Jonathan, who m. Lydia Matthews, in 171.3, and had Mary, b. in 1715j and 
Sarnuel with his wife, Elizabeth, having Samuel, b. in 1718. 

These were respectively their first chil., according to Marlboro' records. They 
may have been sons of John, and were undoubtedly g. sons of John Witt, Sen., of 
Lynn. Families of this name soon became numerous in Marlboro'. From the 
line of Samuel was Samuel, who m. Lucy Adams of Acton, Oct. 30, 1787, and had 
Samuei, b. in 1791. 



488 FAMILY REGISTER, 

by Legislature to De Witt, s, of Samuel and Lucy) came here 
from Marlboro', with his wife, Sarah Eaton of Framingham, in 
1825. They were soon after ad. to this chh. She d. I)ere, 
June 22, 1837, aged 43. No issue. 

He nest m. Asenath Eaton of Framingham, in 1839. 

WORKMAN, Dr. WILLIAM (from Northampton or vicin- 
ity) M. D., M. M., S. S., H. U., 1825, came to this town 
about 1826, m. Sarah Paine, D. of Vashni Hemenway, Esq., 
Sept. 16, 1S2S, had Emeline, b. Dec. 24, 1829, and soon after 
removed to Worcester. 



APPENDIX. 

(A.) 

BIOGRAPHICAL. 
GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD. 

" No kind of reading affords more entertainment and instruc- 
tion than biography." Zeno, the celebrated philosogjjer, when 
he inquired of the Delphic Oracle what manner of life he should 
lead, received for reply, " ask the dead.''* 

We are profited by an acquaintance with the characters and 
actions of the wise and good of other days. Although dead, 
they yet speak. A knowledge of their actions, if public men, 
will imbue us with a deeper sense of our indebtedness for the 
privileges we enjoy, and stimulate us to preserve and transmit 
them unimpaired to generations yet unborn. 

In all revolutions, a few master-spirits begin the work, and lead 
the way. In Boston, Hancock, Otis, and the Adamses, were 
among the earliest and mt st zealous supporters of the rights of 
the Colonies. They had able coajutors in the interior and coun- 
try towns, among whom the subject of this sketch stood conspic- 
uous. They were the founders, and became pillars in the temple 
of LIBERTY, how extended ! still extending ! under whose arch, 
broad as the land, the people are wont to unite, once in each 
year, to commemorate the virtues and valorous deeds of their 
forefathers, and in grateful remembrance of the past, renew the 
pledge of looking well to the future. 
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4i90 APPENDIX. 

Justice to all is a debt every man owes, and one that every 
man can, and is in duty bound to pay ; to the illustrious dead, it 
is one of honor uud gratitude. An impartial sketch of the lives 
of such men, and a faithful relation of the important events, in 
which, from a love of country and a desire to benefit mankind, 
they were prominent actors, is not only due to their memory, but 
will prove an incentive among the living to noble deeds and im- 
perishable fame ; and thus, by keeping alive the spark, enkin- 
dle more readily the flame of patriotism, when occasioA shall 
occur, if ever, to combat for our unalienable rights, our institu- 
tions, and our laws. 

Biographical notices by descendants of their ancestors are not 
uncommon, and perhaps pardonable and justified by the public, 
inasmuch as they are supposed to be in possession, if any are, of 
documentary papers illustrative of the character and services of 
him, of whom they speak. Nevertheless, the position before the 
public of a biographer of his ancestor is somewhat similar, and 
the less excusable by being voluntary, to that of a witness testify- 
ing in a case where one of the parties is his relative. The public 
in the one case, as the jury in the other, are not insensible of the 
natural bias, and therefore often do, as they reasonably may, 
make some allowance, and, in some instances, not a little, on 
that account. 

What follows is for the most part historical, and from public 
and private records. The reader will judge and form an opinion 
for himself. 

Artemas Wart) was the son of Col. Nahum Ward, one of 
the early settlers in Shrewsbury, and born there, November 27, 
1727, and was graduated at Harvard University, in 1748. At 
the age of twenty-five years, he was commissioned a Justice of 
the Peace, and, in 1755, "a Major in the third Regiment of 
Militia in the Counties of Middlesex and Worcester, (and Cap- 
tain of the first company of the town of Shrewsbury) whereof 
Abraham Williams, Esq. [of Marlboro'] was Colonel ;" in 1758, 
"a Lieut. Colonel in the Regiment of foot, commanded by Col. 
William Williams, raised for a general invasion of Canada." 



APPENDIX. 491 

Having resigned llie office of Selectman, Town Clerk, and As- 
sessor, which he then held in iiis native town, he went out on that 
expedition. Some loose leaves of a journal kept by liim while 
there, yet remain ; from them it appears great irregularity pre- 
vailed among the troops, 1G,000 regulars and provincials, under 
"Gen. Abercronibie, while on their march from Lake George to 
Ticonderoga, with a view to wrest that fortress from the French. 
The way was woody and othcrways diflicult ; the army marched 
in four columns ; the guides being unskilful, the troops were soon 
bewildered, the columns broke, marching and countermarching 
became general, and, as says the journal, "all ivas confusion^ 
confusion.^' 

In this disorderly mannei" the army jiroceeded on its march, 
column falling in upon column, and driving before them, and 
killing many of an advanced guard of the enemy. An ill con- 
certed attack was next made upon the fort ; after four hours 
of hard fighting. Gen. Abercrombie ordered a retreat. Nearly 
2000 of the regulars were killed, wounded or taken prisoners — 
of the latter the number was small ; among the former was the 
gallant Lord Howe, who had command of a regiment. The fort 
was defended by cannon, and manned by four to five thousand 
men. Trees, in great number, and to the distance of nearly one 
hundred yards, were arranged before the entrenchment, with 
their branches outward, and ends sharpened — it was difficult of 
approach, and musketry was unavailing against It. For some 
unaccountable reason, the artillery, of which there was a formi- 
dable train, was not even brought up to aid in the attack, when 
it should have commenced it, and opened the way. It was not 
uncommon at such times for the British officers to post the pro- 
vincials in front, thereby protecting themselves and the regulars, 
in some degree, from exposure ; such was the case then. 

In succeeding years he represented his native town in the 
" Great and General Court," and took an active part in the strug- 
gles between that body and the Colonial Governors, that preced- 
ed the Revolution. Fearless in speech, and resolute in manner, 
•lie boldly denounced those Parliamentary measures, that encroach- 
ed upon the rights of the Colonies. The several Governors, if 



492 APPENDIX. 

they did not recommend them, sought to enforce them in lan- 
guage offensive, and by arbitrary means. 

The country was roused, and trainings of the militia were fre- 
quent; some of whose officers gave political, no less than mili- 
tary, instruction to those under their command. A knowledge of 
the fact, that such was Col. Ward's practice, was the occasion of 
a letter, of which the following is a copy. 

Boston, June 30, 1166. 
To Artemas Ward, Esq. 

Sir, — [ am ordered by the Governor to signify to you, that 
he has thought fit to supersede your commission of Colonel in 
the Regiment of militia, lying in part in the County of Worcester, 
and partly in the County of Middlesex. And your said com- 
mission is superseded accordingly. 

I am, Sir, your most ob't and humble serv't, 

Jno. Cotton, Deputy Secretary . 

This was forwarded by express. A messenger, in full military 
dress, and on a foaming steed, rode up to the door of Col. Ward's 
house, and inquired for him. Upon being told that he was on 
the common with others, preparing to erect a new meeting house, 
he posted away, as he came, with extraordinary speed, exciting, 
by his costume and haste, much wonder as he passed. He soon 
found the object of his inquiry, having had him pointed out to 
him by the Rev. Mr. Sumner, who was present, and who, a few 
years before his death, related what took place on that occasion. 

The cautious messenger, approaching the Colonel, asked, if 
he was Col. Ward ? Upon receiving an affirmative answer, he 
added I was commanded to put this into the hand of Col. Ward 
in the quickest time possible. A number of people were there, 
and soon gathered round ; having opened and read the letter, he 
was inquired of by the by-standers, when about folding it up, if 
there was extraordinary news ? Whereupon he read it aloud, 
the messenger still sitting by on his horse, as if to discover and 
report how his message was received. 



APPENDIX. 493 

Col. Ward then turning towards him, said, give my compli- 
ments to the Governor and say to him, I consider myself twice 
honored, but more in being superseded, than in being commis- 
sioned, and that I thank him for this, holding up the letter, since 
the motive, that dictated it, is evidence, that I am, what he is 
not, a friend to my country. 

In losing the confidence of the Governor, he shared more large- 
ly in that of the public. In 17G3, when it was determined by the 
House of Representatives to surround the Governor with a 
Council, composed of men proved and approved for their vigi- 
lance in discerning the signs of the times, and for their inflexible 
opposition to arbitrary rule, he was elected by that body to a seat 
at the Council Board. The Governor disapproved and negatived 
the choice. What a compliment to his patriotism ! 

From that period to 1775, he was a member of liie General 
Court, and a Delegate to the Provincial Congresses held at Con- 
cord, Cambridge, &c., the fruit of whose labors was then fast 
ripening for the harvest. On the 27th of October, 1774, Jede- 
diah Preble, Artemas Ward and Setii Pomroy, were elected Gen- 
eral Officers by the first Provincial Congress, then sitting at Cam- 
bridge, to take rank in the order above stated, and command such 
of the militia as should be called out by the Committee of Safety 
for the defence of the Province. 

It does not appear that Mr. Preble accepted his appointment; 
Hostilities commenced at Lexington and Concord, and there the 
great drama opened on the 19th of x\pril, 1775. Gen. Ward 
was at Cambridge on the 20th, and on taking the command, ap- 
pointed Samuel Osgood, Esq., his Aid-de-camp, and Joseph 
Ward, Esq., Secretary. 

The material for an army, so far as numbers would constitute 
one, and amounting to many thousands, suddenly and voluntarily 
assembled at Cambridge. It is worthy of note, that the brave 
Col. Stark and his gallant band had arrived there on the 22d, 
being only the 3d day after the commencement of hostilities. 
Several General Orders were issued on the 20th, for the appoint- 
ment of Regimental Staff Officers, &ic., and among them one, 
" that a Captain, one Lieutenant, two Sergeants, and fifty-two 



494 APPENDIX, 

rank-and-file, march immediately to bury the dead, and take care 
of the wounded." Col. Gardner was ordered to repair immedi- 
ately to Roxbury, and bring to Cambridge, all the bread that could 
be obtained there, and Col. Bond, to bring all the cannon at 
Watertown, Newton and Wahham, with part of the ammunition, 
to the camp, at Cambridge. 

A Council of War was called on the same day, consisting of 

C Ward, 
Generals. < Heath, 

^ Whitcomb. 

Bridge, •* Spaulding, 

Frye, 1 NlXON, 

^7 7 y Jas. Prescott, t, /> 7 7 7 Whitney, 
V Lolonels.\ ^^j r> jL,t, Colonels. < ., 

VVm. Frescott, \ Mansfield, 

BULLARD, / WhEELOCK, 

Barrett. ^ Mann. 

Notwithstanding the Camp was crowded, volunteers continued 
!o come to the aid of their brethren already assembled there to 
avenge their country's wrongs, and battle in its service. 

To organize such a body of men, troops they could hardly 
then be cal!ed, was a work of labor and time. They were un- 
accustomed to military service in large masses, unused to camp 
duty, and impatient under restraint ; most of them came direct 
from their plough-fields and work-shops, unprovided with subsist- 
ence or suitable clothing, a scarcity of both was soon experienced 
in the camp ; while of arms and ammunition, there was but a 
scanty supply, and that of an inferior quality. Conflicting claims 
of officers respecting rank, but added to the perplexities attend- 
ing the command. 

Yet improvements were made, supplies procurred, and, in a 
short time, the camp wore the appearance of order and regulari- 
ty. Picquet* and main guards were established and instructed 
hi their duty, sentinels traversed their rounds, paroles and coun- 
lersigns were given out daily, and all orders obeyed with alacrity. 

* Now written Picket. 



APPENDIX. 495 

Even at this late period, whatever relates to the Revolution, is 
sought for with avidity and read with interest. 

Many interesting particulars of that wonderful event are lost 
beyond recovery ; of tho^e that remain, many never found their 
way to the public ; they, too, in little time, unless preserved by 
the aid of the press, will pass into the receptacle of things lost 
upon earth. To gather them up and thus preserve them, should 
not be neglected. The call is for particulars, for details, no 
matter how minute ; a desire to know them increases as the time 
recedes that gave them birth. From this consideration, I am in- 
duced to add something further from Gen. Ward's orderly book. 

" Head Qiiarters, Cambridge, April 21, 1775. The Gen- 
eral orders, that guards (one Captain, two Subalterns, and forty 
rank-and-file from each regiment,) be stationed as follows : Two 
companies in Charlestown road, with advance parlies on the 
heights — one party towards Pliipps' farm — one at the bridge — 
one towards Menotomy, (now West Cambridge) — and one at 
Winterhill ; to keep a vigilant look out, and if the enemy make 
any movement, or any discoveries arc made, to give immediate 
notice to the General." 

''April 22, 1775. The General orders, that Col. Stark 
march to Chelsea with 300 men, to defend the inhabitants of 
that town." 

*'April 24, 1775. The General orders, that each Adjutant, 
Sergeant Major and Orderly Sergeant be provided with orderly 
books, and regularly enter the orders for the army." 

The following are selected from the Paroles and Countersigns ^ 

May 9, 1775. Parole, Shrewsbury. Countersign, Liberty. 

" 10, '' Parole, Leicester. Countersign, Order. 

'' II, *' Parole, Lancaster. Countersign, Peace. 

" 19, " Parole, Ethan. Countersign, Allen. 

On the 19th of May next following. Gen. Ward was appoint- 
ed, by the second Provincial Congress, and on the 20th, coimnis- 



496 APPENDIX. 

sioned, Commander In Chief of all the forces raised by the Pro- 
vincial Congress, for the defence of this and the other American 
Colonies. 

" In Provincial Congress, May 19, 1775. The form of a 
Commission for Gen. Ward was read, amended and accepted, 
and is as follows." 

THE CONGRESS OF THE COLONY OF THE MAS- 
SACHUSETTS BAY. 

To THE Hon. ARTEMAS WARD, Esqcire.— Grceiing. 

We, reposing especial trust and confidence in your courage 
and good conduct, do, by these presents, constitute and appoint 
you, the said ARTEMAS WARD, to be Genebal and Com- 
mander IN Chief of all the forces raised by the Congress afore- 
said for the defence of this and the other American Colonies. 
You are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the duty 
of a General, in leading, ordering and exercising the said forces 
in arms, both inferior ofHcers and soldiers, and keep them in good 
order and discipline ; and they arc hereby commanded to obey 
you as their General ; and you are yourself to observe and fol- 
low such orders and instructions as you, from time to time, re- 
ceive from this or any future Congress, or House of Representa- 
tives of this Colony, or the Committee of Safety, so far as the 
said Committee is empowered by their commission to order and 
instruct, for the defence of this and the other Colonies, and to 
demean yourself according to the military rules and discipline es- 
tablished by Congress in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. 

, the of A. D. 1775. 

By order of Congress,* 

President, pro tempore. 
Secretary, yro tempore. 



*Of this Congress, consisting of liSi members, John Hancock was President, 
and Benjamin Lincoln, Secretary^ 



APPENDIX. 497 

" May 20th. The Hon. Mr. [Samuel] Dexter * having, by 
order of Congress, administered the oath to Gen. Ward, his Com- 
mission was delivered to him by the President." 

This was an honor and a trust, that such a Con2,ress, a Con- 
gress composed of the purest Patriots, delegated for their wis- 
dom, prudence and well known fidelity to their country, would 
tiever have conferred upon one of doubtful courage, or untried 
patriotism. 

He accepted the trust, and with it a fearful responsibility, even^ 
if sustained by the energies of the people. That a failure of 
success in the mighty efforts then being made, and against great 
odds, would bring his and other heads to the block, \vas a moral 
certainty. 

His position as Commander in Chief of an armed force resist- 
ing the authority of, and warring against, the sovereign powerj 
could not fail of subjecting him, as a traitor, to an ignominious 
death. Although to him this was apparent in the oiitsetj hd did 
not hesitate ; the justice of the cause in which he had engaged^ 
and an implicit confidence in the abiding patriotism of the peo- 
ple, led him at once to obey the call as a matter of duty, although 
then laboring under bodily infirmity .f 

^'June 14. The General orders, that each Colotiel of a Regi- 
ment take and keep a roll of his men, their names, when enlist- 
ed, place of residence, age, stature and complexion ; and order 
the roll to be called every morning and evening. All officers to 
see that all tumults and disorders in Camp be suppressed ; that 
all soldiers repair to their barracks and tents immediately after 
beating the tattoo, on penalty of being confined ; and that there 
be no noise in the Camp after 9 o'clock at night ; that Field 
Officers of the day take special care to suppress all grog-shops, 

* His election to the ('ouncil tJoard was negatived by the Governor at the same 
time he negatived that of Col. Ward. 

t Calculus — \ painful and distressing complaint, that made active duly, and es- 
pecially in his case on horseback and in the field, not only inconsistent with per- 
sonal comfort, but aggravated the malady. Although at times in some degree re- 
lieved^ he suffered with it to the close of life. 

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498 APPENDIX, 

and if the owners of them continue to sell liquors to the soldiers, 
Ae is ordered to stave their liquors ; that all officers see that 
their men attend upon prayers morning and evening, also divine 
service on the Lord's-day, with their arms and accoutrements, 
ready to march in case of alarm ; that there be no drumming 
after the Chaplain is upon the stage, and that the soldiers attend 
immediately ; that the comnianding officer of each Regiment 
see that the arms and ammunition be viewed daily, and that none 
be wasted ; that every Regiment keep a Quarter Guard, and that 
the arms and ammunition of the Picquet Guard be strictly exam- 
ined, before they go upon duty, by the commanding officer of 
the Picquet." 

" June 15. The General orders, that Samuel Murray be re- 
moved from the Goal in Worcester to his father's homestead 
farm in Rutland ; the limits of which he is not to pass until fur- 
ther orders ; and all persons are hereby forbidden to offer any 
violence to said Murray, while be continues in the peace of God 
within those limits." 

"Officer of the day for to-morrow, Col. Nixon. 
Officer of the Picquet to-night, Maj. Buttrlck. 

Officer of the Main Guard to-morrow, Lt. Col. Hutchinson. 
Adjutant of the day, Holden." 

^'Jiine Mih. The battle at Charlestown was fought this 
day." The record contains no more relating to that event. 

Although a detachment proceeded to Charlestown and threw 
up intrenchments there in the night of the 16th, there is no record 
of an order having been issued for that purpose, yet no doubt one 
was issued, and, perhaps for reasons of a confidential nature, not 
put on record. It ivas a secret expedition; its destination and 
purpose may have been known only to him who ordered, and 
him who conducted it. 

The event that immediately followed, and the greater vigilance 
required to guard against surprise, may, in some degree, account 
Ibr the barrenness of the record \ it was of more importance to pro- 



APPENDIX. 499 

tect and defend rights, than to record the orders adopted to secure 
them. The record, besides being of secondary importance, 
could be made up afterwards; it is matter of regret that it was 
not done. 

The safety of the military stores collected at Cambridge would 
not admit of early reinforcements to the aid of those on the bat- 
tle field in Charlestown. The attack upon the Provincials there 
was considered by Gen. Ward as a mere feint to draw the remain- 
ing troops from Head Quarters to their relief, and then to push 
over from the Boston side to Cambridge a fresh body of troops, 
break up Head Quarters, destroy the stores, and by proceeding 
to Charlestown neck, enclose the Provincials on the peninsida. 

If such was the design, and it had succeeded, it would probably 
have proved fatal to the American cause ; that design, if con- 
templated, was frustrated by the valorous conduct of the Provin- 
cials engaged in battle. Troops, perhaps destined for another 
purpose, were ordered from Boston by Gen. Gage, to die relief 
of his discomfitted battalions in Charlestown ; this was soon known 
at Head Quarters, and reinforcements were immediately ordered 
there, and to march by the way of Lechmere's Point, keeping a 
sharp look out. They did not reach the place of their destina- 
tion J the ammunition there was expended and the troops on the 
retreat before they could arrive. In the mean time an order had 
been despatched to Gen. Thomas at Roxbury, to send immedi- 
ately to the Camp at Cambridge, one 18 and one 24 pounder, 
with proper ordnance stores, and conductors for the same, from 
Camp at Roxbury. 

A Continental Congress had assembled at Philadelphia, on tho 
10th of May, 1775, and, on the J 5th of June following, being 
then in session, among other proceedings, 

" Resolved, That a General be appointed to command ail 
the Continental Forces raised, or to be raised, for the defence of 
American Liberty." 

"The Congress then proceeded to the choice of a General, 
by ballot, and GEORGE WASHINGTON was unanimously 
elected," 



500 APPENDIX 

On the 16th, the Congress 

"Resolved, That two Major Generals be appointed for the 
American Army." And on the 17th, ''Congress proceeded to 
the choice of officers in the Army, by ballot. 

Artemas Ward, Esq., was chosen first Major General. 
Charles Lee, Esq., was chosen second Major General. 

Congressional Journal. 

Generals Washington and Lee arrived at Cambridge on the 
first day of July, 1775, when the former took the command, a 
command judiciously bestowed by Congress in the exercise of a 
sound judgment, no less fortunate for the country, than honorable 
to him, who received it. 

All have admitted, and all will continue to admit, that he was 
the only man, who could have united all hearts ; the only man, 
who could have successfully carried the country through that 
desperate struggle, and have gained for it an independent 
rank among nations. General Ward, to the close of his life 
was known to have said thus much, and, although never lavish 
of praise, no man held in higher esteem than he, those remark- 
able qualifications possessed by that extraordinary man, or a 
higher opinion of the value of the services he rendered to his 
country. 

Gen, Washington's head quarters being established at Cam- 
bridge, Gen. Ward took post on the right, at Roxbury, and 
Gen. Lee, on the left, on Winter Hill. Councils of War 
were repeatedly held to devise means, and adopt measures 
for driving the British troops out of Boston ; and such were 
effected, that, on the 17th of March, they were compelled to 
evacuate the town, when the American troops, led on by Gen. 
Washington, immediately took possession. Gen. Ward was left 
shortly after in command in the Eastern Department, Gen, 
Washington with a large portion of the army, having proceeded 
so New York, 



APPENDIX. 501 

In April following, his infirmity increasing, Gen. Ward repre- 
sented to Congress the feeble state of his health, and his unwill- 
ingness to continue in office and receive its emoluments, when 
prevented by ill health from rendering an equivalent in the ser- 
vice, and respectfully requested of Congress to accept his resig- 
nation of the office of Major General. 

Upon a repeated application, his request was granted ; yet, as 
it would seem from the following extract from the Congressional 
Journal, not without a hope that his health would be restored, 
and his services retained. 

"Nov. 7,1776. Whereas the late Major General Ward, 
since his resignation of his trust, has continued in command in 
the Eastern Department, at the request of the Commander in 
Chief, and still continues therein at the request of Congress, it 
is, therefore, 

" Ordered, That he receive the pay of a Major General, 
commanding in a separate Department, from the 26th day of 
April last, being the time of his resignation, and until a suitable 
person shall be appointed to take the command in his stead, or it 
shall be otherwise ordered by Congress." 

He continued in the service until the close of that year. 

In 1777, he was elected by the House of Representatives, 
a member of the Executive Council of the Colony, and by the 
Council, President of that Board. In 1779, appointed a mem- 
ber of the Continental Congress, but prevented by ill health 
from taking a seat in that body. 

What follows renders it unnecessary to extend this notice 
further. 

On one of the four sides of a Family Monument, of hewn 
granite, recently erected in the burying ground in Shrewsbury, 
is the following inscription to his memory, containing a condens- 
ed account of the principal stations in which he acted his part, 
in an eventful period of our country's history. 



502 APPENDIX. 



MAJOR GENERAL ARTEMAS WARD. 

(Son of Col. Nahum Ward,) 

H. U. 1748. 176-2, a Justice, and, 1776, Chief Justice of the 
C. C. Pleas for the Co. of Worcester. 

1758, a Major in the expedition against Canada. 

1759, appointed Col. ; 1766, his commission, as Col., revoked, 

for his inflexible opposition to arbitrary power, whereupon 

he informed the Royal Governor, that he had been 

TWICE honored. 

1768, chosen one of the Executive Council, and by the Royal 

Governor, and for the same reason, negatived and 

deprived of a seat at that Board. 

1775, appointed to the command of the army at Cambridge, 

and, by the Continental Congress, First Major General 

in the army of the Revolution. 

1779, appointed a member of the Continental Congress, and, 

under the Federal Government, repeatedly 

elected a member. 

16 years a Representative from this town in the Legislature, 

and, in 1786, 

Speaker of the House of Reps. 

Firmness of mind and integrity of purpose were characteristic of 

his whole life, so that he was never swayed by the applause 

or censure of man, but ever acted under a deep 

sense of duty to his country, and accountability 

to his God. 

Long will his memory be precious among the friends of 
Liberty and Religion. 

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INDEX. 

PAGE. 

Bunker Hill Battle, some account of, 51 

Church, naines of its founders, 120 

" Covenant, 119 

" '• a portion of 3d Article erased, 179 

" " clause prefixed to it, 179 

Council, Ecclesiastical called, 172 

County Conventions, time and order of 46 

Congresses, Provincial, some account of, 40 

Connecticut, Blue Laws of, = . 197 

Direct Tax, 1798, , o . . _ 58 

Deacons, succession of, 1 S3 

Drums, people called to meeting by, 189 

Dead, not to be buried on the Lord's-day, unless, 1 99 

Elections, penalty for not appearing at, 196 

Funerals, expenses of, 1 99 

Family Register, 211 

Goddard, Simon, his reasons for having Ruling Elders in 

Churches, 139 

Guns, penalty for shooting olF, except at an Indian or a wolf, 196 

House Lots, to whom granted, 10 

Houses, number of, in 1798, and names of owners and oc- 
cupants, 59 

History, Ecclesiastical, 118 

Hog Stealer, what constituted one, « , 198 

Half JMourning, a child's idea of it, 200 

Indian Chief, his reply, 49 

Insurrection, Lincoln's account of it, 90 

Intolerance, *. . 1 92 

Inhabitants set off to other towns, names of, 31 — 2 



508 INDEX. 

PAGE. 

Johnson, Zebediah and Esther, their reasons for not attend- 
ing upon the word preached, 170 

Keyes, Deac. John, his objections against church members 

living in one town, and communing in another, 136 

Lands laid out, he, 26 

Memoranda, miscellaneous, 31, 1 84 

Militia Companies, 37 

March Meeting, great contest in, 86 

North Parish, church when organized there, and names of 

its founders, 201 , 206 

Public Worship, sleeping in time of, heads rapped for, ... 1S9 

Pensioners, Revolutionary, names of, 201 

Paine, Joshua, chosen Pastor, declines accepting, 174 

Quakers, for what and how punished, 192 

Rank, Military, how distinguished, 51 

Ruling Elders, expediency of having in the church, ..... 121 
Representatives, House of, extracts from their Journal, ... 184 
Sumner, Joseph, chosen Pastor, accepts — articles of agree- 
ment between him, as Pastor, and the church, ..... 174 
Smoking on the Lord's-day within two miles of the Meet- 
ing House, penalty for, 191 

Smoking not prohibited in meeting, 191 

Squirels, remedy for their destroying outside rows of corn, 198 

Shays, Daniel, some account of, 115 

Time, manner of computing it, 211 

Township, when petitioned for, he 8 

Taxes, to whom refunded in 1758, &ic., 35 

Tories disarmed and restrained, 39 

Town Officers, &c., from 1727 to 1829, inclusive, 63 

« " " from 1829 to 1846, inclusive, 503 

Tobacco, persons with a chew of, in their mouth, not to sit 

on a Jury, 1 90 

Ward, Gen., Biography of, 489 

Wives, when liable to have a ducking, 198 

Wachusett Hill, grant of by House of Representatives, . . 1 87 



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